 You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head - Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the...  Western Electric News - Page 91913Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 734 pages
...are old, Father \Villiam,"' said the caterpillar. " Alice folded her hands, and began : " ' You arc old, Father William,' the young man said, ' And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head, — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? J " 'In... | |
 | Oak apples, D Y - 1868 - 94 pages
...Grattez et trouvez. 2. ' Simple, graceful Nora Creina ! ' 3. ' Thy bones are marrowless ! ' 4. ' " You are old, Father William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head ! Do you think at your age it- is right ?" ' y. ' She... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - 1869 - 212 pages
...old, Father William?" said the Caterpillar. Alice folded her hands, and began: — CATERPILLAR. "You are old, father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ?" " In my youth,"... | |
 | 1867 - 472 pages
...You are old, Father William,"' said the caterpillar. " Alice folded her hands, and began : " ' You are old, Father William," the young man said, ' And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head, — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? ' " ' In... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...prison, dear friend ?" " Oh, no ! We're returning from the sea.'' ANONYMOUS. " YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM." " You are old, Father William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right? " " In my... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 pages
...remembered my God, And he hath not forgotten my age." ,' ' R. SOUTHEY. Ma. '.:,-< . PARODY .ON "FATHER WILLIAM." " You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? " " In my... | |
 | 1889 - 472 pages
...it came out all about a crocodile. CAT. Try " You are old, Father William." ALICE (repeat»). "Yon are old. Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very while; And yet you IneflMtotlj stand on "your head — Do you thiuk, al your age, It is fight?" "In... | |
 | Art needlework - 1882 - 136 pages
...cannot resist the temptation of transcribing part of the parody on Southey's "You are hale, Father William." "You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?" " In my youth,"... | |
 | William T. Dobson - 1882 - 326 pages
..." You are old, Father William," is one of the best of its class, and here are two verses : " ' You are old, Father William,' the young man said, ' And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? ' ' In my... | |
 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1886 - 268 pages
...the sentiment, " The Old jl/cm," at the. annual dinner of the Indianapolis Literary Club.] " ' You are old, Father William,' the young man said, ' And your hair has become very white, And yet you incessantly stand on your bead — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? " THE Old Man... | |
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