 I SAW him once before As he passed by the door, And again. The pavement stones resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime Ere the pruning-knife of time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round...  The American Monthly Magazine - Halaman 3041836Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 halaman
...prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn As he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy marbles rest... | |
 | 1836 - 706 halaman
...саде. * They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut htm itm-, ii, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town....And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if ho said, 'They are gone." ' The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prosied In their bloom,... | |
 | 1836 - 676 halaman
...a bettor man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. ' Rut now ho walks the street!, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes h ¡я feeble hoad That it »oetns us if ho unid, ' They arc gone." 1 The mofliy marblei reit On the... | |
 | 1839 - 204 halaman
...his cane. " They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Tune Cut him down, Not a better man was found, By the Crier on his round Through the town....he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan ; And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone ! ' " The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 halaman
...his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town....gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has press'd In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 halaman
...his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the priming-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town....But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he mrcts So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." The... | |
 | 430 halaman
...the snow Tlu-y say that in his prime, Ere the lmmi ng-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff ; And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 halaman
...his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town....he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 halaman
...his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town....he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy... | |
 | 1850 - 594 halaman
...the town. ' But now he walks the streets, And ho looks on idl he meets Bnd and wan, And he shakes hi* feeble head, That it seems as If he said, ' They are gone.' ' The mossy marbles rut On Ac lips Out he km prest In their Moom, And the names he loved to hear Have teen carved for many... | |
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