 | 1866 - 924 pages
...smokes my last cigar, And coolly asks for more ; He opens everything he sees — Except the entry door 1 He talks about his fragile health, And tells me of...themes like those away he goes — But never goes away ! He tells me of the carping words Some shallow critic wrote ; And every precious paragraph Familiarly... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...smokes my last cigar, And coolly asks for more; He'opeus everythiug he sees — Except the entry door ! He talks about his fragile health. And tells me of...a score of ills Of which he ne'er complains ; And bow he struggled once with Death To keep the fiend at bay ; On themes like those away he goes — But... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1860 - 198 pages
...my last cigar, And coolly asks for more ; He opens everything he sees, — Except the entry door ' IV. He talks about his fragile health, And tells me...ne'er complains ; And how he struggled once with death On themes like those away he goes — But never goes away ! v. He tells me of the carping words Some... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1864 - 336 pages
...smokes my last cigar, And coolly asks for more ; He opens everything he sees — Except the entry door 1 He talks about his fragile health, And tells me of...struggled once with death To keep the fiend at bay j On themes like those away he goes — But never goes away ! V. He tells me of the carping words Some... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1864 - 380 pages
...my last cigar, And coolly asks for more ; He opens everything he sees, — Except the entry door 1 IV. He talks about his fragile health, And tells me...ne'er complains ; And how he struggled once with death On themes like those away he goes — But never goes away ! v. He tells me of the carping words Some... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...And coolly asks for more ; He opens everything he sees — Except the entry door 1 He talks about Ms fragile health, And tells me of the pains He suffers from a score of ills Of which he'ne'er complains. And how he struggled once with death To keep the fiend at bay ; On themes like... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...for more ; He opens everything he sees — Except the entry door ! He talks about bis fragile bcalth, And tells me of the pains He suffers from a score of ills Of which be ne'er complains. And how he struggled once with death To keep the fiend at bay ; On themes like... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 pages
...opens everything he sees — Except the entry door. He talks about his fragile health, And tells mo of the pains He suffers from a score of ills Of which he no'er complains ; And how he struggled once with death To keep tho fiend at bay; On themes like those... | |
 | London Mayfair - 1874 - 468 pages
...smokes my last cigar, And coolly asks for more ; He opens everything he sees — Except the entry door ! He talks about his fragile health, And tells me of...themes like those away he goes — But never goes away ! 302 MY FA.MILIAR. He tells me of the carping words Some shallow critic wrote ; And every precious... | |
 | 1875 - 432 pages
...smokes my last cigar, And coolly asks for more ; He opens everything he sees — Except the entry door ! He talks about his fragile health, And tells me of...themes like those away he goes — But never goes away ! He tells me of the carping words Some shallow critic wrote ; And every precious paragraph Familiarly... | |
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He reads my daily paper through Before I've seen a word; He scans the lyric (that I wrote) And thinks it quite absurd; He calmly smokes my last cigar, And coolly asks for more; He opens everything he sees Except the entry door! 
