 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 sidor
...pressed In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year 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 now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff;... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1861 - 304 sidor
...prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year 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 $now. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff,... | |
 | 1861 - 144 sidor
...that he has presied In their bloom ; And the names ho loved to hear Have been carved for many a year My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady ! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman noso, And his check was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 sidor
...In their bloom,3 And the names he loved to hear Have been carved"1 for many a year On the tomb. 5. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago,— 1Wan (won), pale and sickly. — 'Mar'bles, tombstones. — 'Bloom Youth. — 'C&rved, sculptured ;... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 sidor
...prest In their bloom, And the na^jies he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grand-mamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago,— That he had a Roman uose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 444 sidor
...prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. That he had a Roman nose, And his check was like a...But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Iake a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In Ws laugh. I know it is a sin For... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 sidor
...prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grand-mamma 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,... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 sidor
...prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year 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 now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 sidor
...prest In their bloom,4 And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. 6. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago,— * A la mode, according to the s Mar'bles, tombstones, eastem ; in fashion. 4 Bloom, a state of healthful.... | |
 | Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1871 - 236 sidor
...passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. 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,... | |
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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. 
