 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 pagine
...Yon are old, Father William," the yonng man cried, " The few locks which are left yon are gray ; Yon are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, — Now tell me the reason I pray." The Old Man's Comfortt, and how he gained them. The march of intellect.1 Colloqniea on the Progress... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 588 pagine
...sounds Of evening or of morn, The sweetest is the voice of Love, That welcomes his return. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. You are old, Father...young man cried ; The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray. And abused not... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 614 pagine
...sounds Of evening or of morn. The sweetest is the voice of Love, That welcomes his return. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. You are old, Father...young man cried ; The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray. In the days... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pagine
...; Nature in you stands on the very verge Of her confine. d. King Lear. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 148. " You ess, Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep As is the difference betwixt day an gray ; You are hale, Father William, — a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray." e. SOUTHKY... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pagine
...(Caspar took tt from the boy. Who stood oipecUnt by.— P. »?. •97 THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AM. HOW HI GAINED THEM. You are old. Father William, the young man cried, The few locks that are left you are You are hale, Father William,. a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason, I pray.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pagine
...BLENHEIM (SoCTHIV). Old Eiupar took It from the buy, Whn •tood expectant by.— P. 217. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. YoU are old, Father William, the young man cried, The few locks that are left you are gray ; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 620 pagine
...hear, — A sound as if with the Inchcape bell The evil spirit was ringing his knell. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. "You are old, Father...man cried; " The few locks which are left you are gray ; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the days... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - 1898 - 136 pagine
...must there always be between the pronoun and the describing- word? LESSON LVIII. FATHER WILLIAM. " You are old, Father William," the young man cried. " The few locks which are left you are gray. You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man. Now tell me the reason, I pray." II. " In the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1898 - 104 pagine
...melancholy view of old age with Southey's cheerful poem, The Old Man's Comforts, beginning: " ' You are old, Father William,' the young man cried; ' The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray.'" BANNOCKBURN.... | |
 | William Henry Wheeler - 1899 - 228 pagine
...SHAKESPEARE. 4. Wildly here without control, Nature reigns and rules the whole. — ROBERT BURNS. 5. You are hale, Father William, — a hearty old man: Now tell me the reason, I pray.—ROBERT SOUTHEY. 6. Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band! — JOSEPH... | |
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You are old, Father William," the young man cried ; " The few locks which are left you are gray ; You are hale, Father William, — a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray. 
