 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...then 'twas whispered, mournfully, The leech had come, and he was dead; And all the neighbors nocked to see ; "Poor little Jerry!" was all they said. They laid him in his earthly bed, — His miller's coat his only shroud; " Dust to dust," the parson said, And all the people... | |
 | 1859 - 886 pages
...are very low." And then 'twas whispered mournfully The leech had come, and he was dead ; And all the neighbors flocked to see : — "Poor Little Jerry!"...his earthy bed— His miller's coat his only shroud — "IJust to dust" the pardon said, And all the people wept aloud. For he had shunned the deadly sin,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1860 - 198 pages
...may know ; And then 'twas whispered, mournfully, The leech had come, and he was dead ; And all the neighbors flocked to see ; — " Poor Little Jerry...stands the mill, Of wasting wood and crumbling stone ; The wheel is dripping and clattering still, But JERRY, the miller, is dead and gone. HOW CYRUS LAID... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1864 - 380 pages
...none may know; And then 'twas whispered, mournfully, The leech had come, and he was dead ; And all the neighbors flocked to see ; — " Poor Little Jerry...stands the mill, Of wasting wood and crumbling stone ; The wheel is dripping and clattering still, But JERRY, the miller, is dead and gone. HOW CYEUS LAID... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1864 - 336 pages
...The leech had come, and he was dead ; And all the neighbors flocked to see ; ' Poor Little Jerry I ' was all they said. They laid him in his earthy bed,...stands the mill, Of wasting wood and crumbling stone ; ^ The wheel is dripping and clattering still, But JERRY, the miller, is dead and gone. HOW CYRUS... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1866 - 320 pages
...very low.' And then 't was whispered, mournfully, The leech had come, and he was dead ; And all the neighbors flocked to see ; * Poor Little Jerry ! '...earthy bed, — His miller's coat his only shroud ; For he had shunned the deadly sin, And not a grain of over-toll Had ever dropped into his bin, To... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1866 - 302 pages
...then 'twas whispered, mournfully, The leech had come, and he was dead ; And all the neighbours nocked to see; ' Poor Little Jerry !' was all they said. They laid him in his earthly bed, — His miller's coat his only shroud ; ' Dust to dust,' the parson said, And all the... | |
 | 1871 - 730 pages
...are very low." And then 'twas whispered mournfully, The leech had come, and he was dead, And all the neighbors flocked to see; " Poor little Jerry !" was all they said. They laid him in his earthly bed — His miller's coat his only shroud— "Bast to dust!" the parson said, And all the people... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...very low." And then 'twas whispered, mournfully, ; The leech had come, and he was dead; And all the neighbors flocked to see; " Poor Little Jerry ! "...stands the mill, Of wasting wood and crumbling stone; The wheel is dripping and clattering still, But Jerry, the miller, is dead and gone. The foregoing... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 pages
...then 'twas whispered, mournfully, The leech had come, and he was dead; And all the neighbors nocked to see; " Poor Little Jerry ! " was all they said....stands the mill, Of wasting wood and crumbling stone; The wheel is dripping and clattering still, But Jerry, the miller, is dead and gone. The foregoing... | |
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Dust to dust," the parson said, And all the people wept aloud. For he had shunned the deadly sin, And not a grain of over-toll Had ever dropped into his bin, To weigh upon his parting soul. Beneath the hill there stands the mill, Of wasting wood and crumbling... 
