I love to look on a scene like this, Of wild and careless play, And persuade myself that I am not old, And my locks are not yet gray ; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And... The Monthly Repository - Pagina 71geredigeerd door - 1835Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1829 - 108 pagina’s
...And my locks are not yet gray; For it stirs the blood in old man's heart, And makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light...world for fourscore years, And they say that I am old ; That my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are well nigh told. It is very true—it... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 pagina’s
...locks are not yet gray ; Tor it stirs the blood in an old mail's heart, And it makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light of a pleasant eye. I have walk'd the world for fourscore years, And they say that I am old ; And my heart is ripe for the reaper... | |
| John Pierpont - 1832 - 184 pagina’s
...locks are not yet gray ; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And it makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light...am old, And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are well nigh told. It is very t- le; it is \ ery true; I'm old, and " I 'bide my time;"... | |
| 1834 - 402 pagina’s
...locks are not yet gray ; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And it makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light...am old, And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are well nigh told. It is very true ; it is very true ; I'm old, and " I 'bide my time... | |
| 1835 - 572 pagina’s
...locks are not yet gray ; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And it makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light...am old, And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are wellnigh told. It is very true ; it is very true ; I'm old, and " I 'bide my time... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 pagina’s
...locks are not yet gray ; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And it makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light...am old, And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are well-nigh told. It is very true ; it is very true ; I'm old, and " I 'bide my time;"... | |
| 1835 - 838 pagina’s
...blood in an old man's heart, And it makes his pulses fly. To catch the thrill of a happy roice, I hare walked the world for fourscore years ; And they say...am old. And my heart is ripe for the reaper. Death, And my years are well nigh told. It is very trap ; it is very true ; I'm old, and " 1 'bide my time... | |
| Flowers - 1835 - 174 pagina’s
...locks are not yet gray; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And it makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light of a pleasant eye. I have walk'd the world for fourscore years, And they say that I am old; And my heart is ripe for the reaper... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1835 - 274 pagina’s
...my locks are not yet gray; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light of a pleasant eye. And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are well nigh told. It is very true; it is... | |
| 1838 - 822 pagina’s
...my locks arc not yet gray ; For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light...am old, And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years nre well nigh told. It is very true ; it is very true ; I'm old, and " I bide my time... | |
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