 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - Страниц: 340
...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...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPEE. WAN-VISAOED thing ! thy virgin leaf To me looks more than deadly pale, Unknowing... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - Страниц: 316
...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...smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where 1 cling. TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER. WAN-VISAGED thing ! thy virgin leaf To me looks more than deadly... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 458
...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...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. LXXVIII.— THE ENGLISH TONGUE. JO SAXE. IN ancient times, I've heard my grandam tell, Young maids... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - Страниц: 610
...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...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. These admirable verses — set in so aptly framed a metre too — would alone suffice to make a reputation.... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 538
...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...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. These admirable verses — set in so aptly framed a metre too — would alone suffice to make a reputation.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - Страниц: 516
...his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit am! grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered bat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! And...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. These admirable venes — set in so aptly framed a metre too— would alone suffice to make a reputation.... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 1042
...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...now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling.'— p. U7. There are many other pleasant and touching things in Mr. Holmes's volume which we can commend... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - Страниц: 740
...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 leaf upon tbe tree In the spring, — Let them smile, as I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. HIGH... | |
 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1854 - Страниц: 268
...laugh. " I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But his old three-cornered hat, And his breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! " And if I...do now, At the old forsaken bough, Where I cling." Here is indeed humor and pathos blended. But there is no such thing as pathetic wit. Perhaps nothing... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1854 - Страниц: 324
...here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! THE LAST LEAF. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where 1 cling. TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER. WAN-VISAGED thing ! thy virgin leaf To me looks more than deadly... | |
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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 In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here... 
