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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,... "
Initial Studies in American Letters - Page 249
by Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 282 pages
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The Harbinger: A May-gift

Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 pages
...On the tomb. My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady — she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But...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
...grandmamma has said, — Poor old 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...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 American Monthly Magazine, Volume 1; Volume 7

1836 - 694 pages
...the tomb. "My grand mama has said — Poor old lady — she is dead Long ago ; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. "...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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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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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 7

1836 - 706 pages
...Poor old 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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The Book of the Months: A Gift for the Young

1839 - 204 pages
...the tomb. "My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady ! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. "...hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! " And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree, In the spring, Let them smile, as I do...
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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 of America, Volume 1

John Keese - 1840 - 300 pages
...On the tomb. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady; she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But...hat, And the breeches — and all that Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring — Let them smile as I do now...
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The Poets of America, Volume 1

John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. 136 THE LAST LEAF. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...hat, And the breeches — and all that Are so queer ! * ^ And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree „ 'm In the spring — Let them smile...
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