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. 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,... The Little Book of Society Verse - 268 psl.1922 - 355 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 psl.
...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... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1845 - 632 psl.
...Like a stuft', And u crook is in bis back, And a melancholy crack la bis laugh. ' I know it is a tin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered bat, And the breeches, and mil that, Лго во queer!' Amusing as these stanzas may seem, 'The Last... | |
| 1848 - 276 psl.
...rests upon his chin Like a staff', And a crook is in his hack, 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 last... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1850 - 624 psl.
...laugh. ' I know il is a sin For me to sit and grin Al him here ; Bui his old three-cornered hat, And his breeches, and all that, Are so queer! • And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree. In Ihe spring. I^et them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough, Where I cling.' Mr. Richard Swiveller,... | |
| 1850 - 264 psl.
...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... | |
| 1850 - 594 psl.
...it rests upon his chin Like a staff. A nd a crook in hia back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. 'I know it Is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But his old Ihreocomerwl hat. And his breeches, and all that, Are so queer! « And if I should live to... | |
| 1855 - 724 psl.
...his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In hie laugh. I know it ifl a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat. And the breeches, and nil that Are so queer ! And if I should live to bo The hist leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let... | |
| 1851 - 486 psl.
...rests upon his chin, Like a staff. And a crook iu his back, And a melancholy crack In his liragh. " I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But his old three-cornered hat. Anil his breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! " And if I should live... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 psl.
...rests upon bis chin Like a staff, And a crook is in bis 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-cornerM hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The last... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 610 psl.
...crack In his laugh. • An Evening Thought. f Departed D< 1853.] OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. I know it is & sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered ha', And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the... | |
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