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" 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 me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that,... "
The Poets of America - Page 136
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The Harbinger: A May-gift

Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 pages
...lady — she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...sin For me to sit and grin At him here, But the old three cornered hat, And the breeches — and all that Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 2

1836 - 418 pages
...lady, she is dead, Long ago,— That he had a Roman nose, And his check was like a rose In the snow. " But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer !" or this, of a girl's losing her lover : ' Down fell that pretty innocent as falls a snow white lamb,...
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The Laurel: a Gift for All Seasons: Being a Collection of Poems

1836 - 268 pages
...dead Long ago; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was Eke a rose In the snow. But now his tfose is thin, And it rests upon his- chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his buck; And a melancholy crack In his laugh, I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here, But...
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 1; Volume 7

1836 - 694 pages
...lady — she is dead Long ago ; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. " But now his nose is thin. And it rests upon his chin Like a stall', And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. " I know it is a sin For me...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 7

1836 - 706 pages
...lady — she is dead Long ago ; That he hada Roman none, And his cheek was like a rose In tbe snow. ' But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like я *tafT; And a crook ie in his back, And a melniicholy crack In hie luugh. 'I know it is a sin Forme...
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Burtons' Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review, Volume 5

1839 - 372 pages
...lady ; she is dead Long ago— That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow .' I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here...hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer .' We should like to know the whereabouts of the mysterious Mrs. *••', and why this anonymem laJy's...
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Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 5

William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839 - 368 pages
...she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose III tiit- зiWW.' I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here...three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are to guter l We should like to know the whereabouts of the mysterious Mrs. '**•, and why this anonyo...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. And now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like...sin For me to sit and grin At him here, But the old three-comer'd hat, And the breeches — and all that, Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 26

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1845 - 632 pages
...Like a stuft', And u crook is in bis back, And a melancholy crack la bis laugh. ' I know it is a tin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered bat, And the breeches, and mil that, Лго во queer!' Amusing as these stanzas may seem, 'The Last...
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The Poets and Poetry of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. And now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a start, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to...
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