 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...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 leaf upon the tree In the spring— Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLD GRIMES. ALBEKT G. GREENE. 3orn... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1860 - 372 pages
...me to sit and grin At Mm here', But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches—and all that', 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring'— Let them smile as I do now ' At the old forsaken bough' Where I cling\ OLIVER W. HOLMES. a More solemnity... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1860 - 368 pages
...to sit and grin At him here', But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches — and all that'. 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring' — Let them smile as I do now' At the old forsaken bough' Where I cling\ OLIvEE W. HOLMES. a More solemnity... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1861 - 304 pages
...For me to sit and grin; At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, THE LAST LEAF. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where 1 cling. TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER. WAN-VISAGED... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers, American - 1861 - 446 pages
...grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches,8 and all that, Are so queer ! 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile as I do now, \i the old forsaken bough Where I cling. 0 w HoiMa. 12. AMUSING ANECDOTE. A... | |
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer 1 And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring1, Let them smile as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. fHir.-r Wendell Jfolma.... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...and grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile, as I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. LABOUR. LABOUR... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American poetry - 1864 - 444 pages
...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 leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER. AN-VISAGED... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, and all that, And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile, as I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. LABOUR. LABOUR... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - Quotations - 1866 - 320 pages
...For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat. And the breeches, and all that, And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring; Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OW Holmes. SONG. AH ! for the days... | |
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And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. 
