 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a stafl^ And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLD GRIMES. ALBEKT G. GREENE. 3orn in Providence, RI, in 1802—Educated for the Bar. ''Old Grimes... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. 7. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, 3 and all that, Are so queer! 8. And if I should live to be The... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1860 - 372 pages
...was like a rose In the snow\ 6. And now his nose is thin', And it rests upon his chin Like a stan"; And a crook is in his back', And a melancholy crack...laugh \ I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At Mm here', But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches—and all that', 8. And if I should live... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1860 - 368 pages
...upon his chin Like a staff' ; « And a crook is in his back\ And a melancholy crack In his laugh\ 7. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here', But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches — and all that'. 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf... | |
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...check was like a rose In the snow. 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 crack...hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer 1 And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring1, Let them smile as I do now,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1861 - 304 pages
...cheek was like a rose In the $now. 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 crack...three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, THE LAST LEAF. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile,... | |
 | Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 844 pages
...the old three-cornered Lit, And the breeches. and all that, Ate so queer! And if I should live to he The last leaf upon the tree In the spring — Let them smile, as I do now, At the old foi>aken bough Where I clius. OLD GRIMES. АI.ЛRВY O. GREENE. Born in Providence. RI, in 1803—... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers, American - 1861 - 446 pages
...rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. 7. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches,8 and all that, Are so queer ! 8. And if I should live to be The... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...cheek was like a rose In the snow. 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 crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For to me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, and all that,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 368 pages
...upon his chin Like a staff' ; And a crook is in his back', And a melancholy crack In his laugh'. V. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here', But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches — and all that', 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf... | |
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And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. 
