MY aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have o'er her flown ; Yet still she strains the aching clasp That binds her virgin zone ; I know it hurts her, — though she looks As cheerful as she can ; Her waist is ampler than her life, For life is but... American Humourists: Recent and Living - Страница 103написао/ла Robert Ford - 1897 - 328 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
| Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 страница
...intenser Had bowed a soul before it. Thine eye was on the censer, And not the hand that bore it. MTT AUNT. My aunt! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...though she looks As cheerful as she can ; Her waist is broader than her life, For life is but a span. My Aunt — my poor deluded aunt! Her hair is almost... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 страница
...humoi of his satire must reconcile to it even those who u .common language are called " the sufferers." My aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...is ampler than her life, For " life is but a span." My aunt, my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 страница
...rock the beam ; But that is dearest, all the while, That wears for us the sweetest smile. X MY AUNT. MY aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 страница
...rock the beam ; But that is dearest, all the while, That wears for us the sweetest smile. MY AUNT. MY aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 страница
...rock the beam ; But that is dearest, all the while, That wears for us the sweetest smile. MY AUNT. MY aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such... | |
| 1855 - 724 страница
...Where I cling. Exquisite satire, and marvellous fidelity, are evidenced in the following: — MY AUNT. My aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded annt ! Her hair is almost grey ; Why will she train that winter curl In such... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 страница
...dreams ere long, Of a ride above, and an angel of love, — O ! an angel swift and strong ! OW HOLMES. MY aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 316 страница
...rock the beam ; But that is dearest, all the while, That wears for us the sweetest smile. MY AUNT. My aunt ! my dear unmarried aunt ! Long years have...waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such... | |
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