 Ere the pruning-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 meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They...  Initial Studies in American Letters - Page 245by Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 282 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 pages
...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... | |
 | 1836 - 694 pages
...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 - 268 pages
...his cane. Chey 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 So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' :The mossy... | |
 | 1836 - 706 pages
...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....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... | |
 | 1839 - 204 pages
...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....' " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...his cane. They Bay 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 So forlorn; And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said "They are gone." The mossy marbles... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...LEAF. 135 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 So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said "They are gone," The mossy marbles... | |
 | 1841 - 376 pages
...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 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 pages
...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 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 pages
...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... | |
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