 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1902 - 508 pagine
...contributed. 218. Father William. Parody on a well-known didactic poem by Robert Southey, beginning "'You are old, Father William,' the young man cried, ' The few locks which are left you are gray,' " and entitled in Southey's works, " The Old Man's Comforts, and How He Gained Them." Another... | |
 | 1902 - 386 pagine
...WILLIAM 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, I pray. And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last. In the days... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pagine
...can, forcibly if we must." — HENEY CLAY : Speech, Jan. 8, 1813. ROBERT SOUTHEY. 1774-1843. " 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." The Old... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1902 - 516 pagine
...contributed. 218. Father William. Parody on a well-known didactic poem by Robert Southey, beginning " ' You are old, Father William.' the young man cried, ' The few locks which are left you are gray,' " and entitled in Southey's works, " The Old Man's Comforts, and How He Gained Them." Another... | |
 | 1903 - 1028 pagine
...will appear from comparing what she said with what she thought she was going to say. 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 grey ; You are hale, father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 pagine
...can, forcibly if we must.*1 — HENRY CLAY : Speech, Jan. 8, 1813. ROBEKT SOUTHEY. 1774-1843. " 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." The Old... | |
 | Clifton Johnson - 1904 - 436 pagine
...Picture. From Emerson's The Second-class Reader. 1833, Illustrating a popular poem which began : 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. 1 pray. In the days... | |
 | Wilson Palmer - 1905 - 446 pagine
...class reader, in Porter's rhetorical reader, and in the American Fifth Header, who can ever forget them ! " You are old, Father William, The young man cried, The few looks that are left you are grey." And then who in Candia whose birthday dates back to the thirties... | |
 | John Willard Russell - 1907 - 240 pagine
...these well-known verses are called: "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them." They begin: " 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." Father William... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - 1908 - 262 pagine
...they say ? A poem to study and memorize: (A language lesson only) "YOU ARE OLD, 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." " In the days... | |
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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. 
