 ... for the hair on her head Was also with silver besprinkled. The old woman blessed her, And would have caressed her, But thus in her soft dulcet tones Anne addressed her : " I love silver hairs, They are emblems of cares, The snow-flakes that age in...  Elsie; Flights to Fairyland, etc - Page 166by John Crawford Wilson - 1864 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
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...cheek : Twas dry as a mummy's, and almost as brown. 1855.] Second Flight— The Lily of the Valley. 297 Anne gazed on her face, Whilst bright tears flowed...Its traces are restless, and never serene, But yours arc as calm as my mother's have been. She bore them for years — for her sake, honoured dame, I ask... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 784 pages
...emblems of cares, The snow-flakes that age in its infancy wears — For the old are twice infante, and honour is theirs. On your brow rests sublime Those...or crime ; But crime bears a chronicle harsher than your-, Like the brand set ou Gain, it for ages endures ; Its traces are restless, and never serene,... | |
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