 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...  The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900 - Stran 56uredili: - 1915 - 306 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 strani
...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 But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn As he shakes his feeble head... | |
 | 1836 - 268 strani
...resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. Chey say that in his prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By...he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' :The mossy... | |
 | 1836 - 706 strani
...ground With bis 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...he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if ho said, 'They are gone." ' The mossy... | |
 | 1836 - 694 strani
...his cane. " They say that in his prime. Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better nun was found By the Crier on his round Through the town....he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' " The mossy... | |
 | 1836 - 676 strani
...саце. ' They say that in his prime, Ere the рпшшц knifo of Tinto Cut aim down. Not 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... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 strani
...o'er the ground With his cane. THE LAST LEAF. 135 They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By...he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said "They are gone," The mossy marbles... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 strani
...his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn; And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if...gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.... | |
 | 1841 - 376 strani
...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...he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said " They are gone." The mossy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 strani
...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...he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." The mossy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 strani
...resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the priming-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By...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... | |
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