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 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... The Yale Literary Magazine - Page 3411887Full view - About this book
| Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 pages
...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 Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The... | |
| 1836 - 694 pages
...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 to sit and grin At him here, But the old three cornered hat, And the breeches — and all that, "And if I should live to be The last leaf upon... | |
| 1836 - 268 pages
...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 the old three cornered hat, And the breeches — and all that Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The... | |
| 1836 - 706 pages
...And a crook ie in his back, And a melniicholy crack In hie luugh. 'I know it is a sin Forme to ait and grin At him here, But the old three-cornered hat. And the breeches — and all that, Are *o queer! ' And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring — Let them smile... | |
| 1839 - 204 pages
...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...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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...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,...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... | |
| 1841 - 376 pages
...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,...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... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...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-comer'd hat, And the breeches — and all that, Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The... | |
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