 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 292 pages
...him " The Justice," but now he 'a "The Squire." And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith,— f Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith ; But...— Just read on his medal, " My country," "of thee ! " You hear that boy laughing? — You think he 's all fun ; But the angels laugh, too, at the good... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 500 pages
...chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in syllabled fire, We called him "The Justice," but now he 's "The Squire." And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent...Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; But he shoute*da song for the brave and the free, — Just read on his medal, "My country," "of thee! " You... | |
 | John W. Iliff - 1893 - 616 pages
...our manhood in syllabled fire, We called him the "Justice," but now he's the " Squire.' And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; But he shouted a song fo' the brave and the free,— Just read on his medal, " My country," "of theef You hear that boy laughing?... | |
 | 1893 - 1072 pages
...Holmes wrote of him several years ago: "Fate tried to conceal him by naming hint Smith, But he chanted a song for the brave and the free — Just read on his medal: My country of thee." America was written in 1832. COLLEGE BRUTALITY. "PRINCETON, NJ, Sept. 22.— At a meeting of the freshman... | |
 | Charles Seymour Robinson - 1893 - 598 pages
...once described him in a class poem — such as he knows how to write — thus : " And there 'sa fine youngster of excellent pith ; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith." He has made the position honorable by an industrious and faithful life, and now rests on what he has... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1894 - 240 pages
...lo, the glaciers found at length a tongue, Mont Blanc was vocal, and Chamouni sung ! A RHYMED LESSON. And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, —...song for the brave and the free,— Just read on his metal, " My country," " of thee I " THE BOYS. OCTOBER 22. The real forest is hardly still except in... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1894 - 260 pages
...found at length a tongue, Mont Blanc was vocal, and Chamouni sung ! A RHYMED LESSON. And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith, — Fate tried to...song for the brave and the free, — Just read on his metal, " My country," " of thee ! " THE BOYS. OCTOBEE 22. The real forest is hardly still except in... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...were classmates at college. Many years after they left college, Holmes wrote these lines about him : And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; Hut he shouted a song for the brave and the free, Just read on his medal, "My country — of thee."... | |
 | Samuel Willoughby Duffield - 1886 - 698 pages
...1884, at Newton Centre, Mass. Dr. Holmes once described him in a class poem thus : " And there's a fine youngster of excellent pith, Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith." This hymn of his has been very popular, and was written in 1832, and first sung at a children's Fourth... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1895 - 390 pages
...manhood in syllabled li re, We called him "The Justice," but now he 's " The Squire." And there 'aa nice youngster of excellent pith,— Fate tried to...the free, — Just read on his medal, " My country," "ofthee!" You hear that boy laughing ? — You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the... | |
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And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; But he shouted a song for the brave and the free — Just read on his medal, "My country, 
