 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - Commonplace-books - 1879 - 254 pages
...by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. | They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife...Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Thro' the town. ' But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1879 - 298 pages
...VIII, Rem. 10. 3Rule HL * [Are strong.] 'See p. 221, 7. "See p. 150. They say that in his prime, Ere1 the pruning-knife of time Cut him down, Not a better...found By the crier on his round Through the town.— Holmes. And darkness and doubt are now flying away; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. 2. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife...Not a better man was found By the crier on his round 3. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan; is And he shakes his feeble... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...he totters o'er the ground With his сдпе. They sny that in his prime, Ere the priming-knife ot e owl, for a` "2 to\vn. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble... | |
 | Poetic reader - 1881 - 252 pages
...resound As he totters o'er the ground, With his cane. They say, that in his prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By...he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, As he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone ! " The mossy... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American literature - 1881 - 1078 pages
...passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound As lie totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife...found By the Crier on his round Through the town. 370 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. And lie shakes his feeble head. That it seerns as if he said, " They are... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1881 - 704 pages
...passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found I5y the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. 2. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife...found By the crier on his round Through the town. 3. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan; And he shakes his feeble... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - Readers - 1882 - 420 pages
...passed by the door; And again The pavement-stones resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife...Not a better man was found By the crier on his round But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn; And he shakes his feeble head,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - American literature - 1882 - 480 pages
...by the door ; And again The pavement-stones resound As he totters o'er the ground 9 With his cane. They say, that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found 10 By the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he... | |
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I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the... 
