 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 - Pàgina 3041836Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 pàgines
...the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Thro' the town. ' But now 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... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 pàgines
...the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Thro' the town. ' But now 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pàgines
...priming-knife ot time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the to\vn. .stems us if he said, "They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed lu their... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pàgines
...Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round 3. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan; is And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." 4. The... | |
 | Poetic reader - 1881 - 252 pàgines
...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....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... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pàgines
...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 - 1881 - 410 pàgines
...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....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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1881 - 704 pàgines
...They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found I5y the Crier on his round Through the town. But now 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... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pàgines
...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....shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear... | |
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 686 pàgines
...last- mentioned poem ? " But now 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 ma»bles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have... | |
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