 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 Handbook of Amherst, Massachusetts - Page 11by Frederick Hills Hitchcock - 1891 - 197 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1836 - 418 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 !" or this, of a girl's losing her lover : ' Down fell that pretty innocent as falls a snow white lamb,... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 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... | |
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