 | Robert Southey - 1854 - 522 pages
...COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. You are old, Father "William, the young man cried, The few looks that are left you are gray ; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason, I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly... | |
 | 1854 - 402 pages
....COMFORTS: AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. 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 of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 320 pages
...MAN'S COMFORTS. • 1. " 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." 2. " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remembered that youth would... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...faith is dim, For whoso careth for the flowers, THE OLD MAN'S COMFOKTS, 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, I pray ?'' " In the... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, aud unsung. SCOTT. AGE AND YOUTH. " You are old, Father William," the young man cried, " The...Father William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray 1 " " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth would... | |
 | William Chambers - 1856 - 444 pages
...found himself compelled to exclaim, " How much pleasure have I been ignorant of!" FATHER WILLIAM. " You are old, father William," the young man cried, " The...father William, a hearty old man — Now tell me the reason, I pray?" " In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remembered that youth would... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1856 - 168 pages
...LESSON CCXV. THE OLD MAN'S COW-FORTS, AND HOW HE GAIX-ED THEM. ' You are old, Fa-ther 'VVil-liam," the young man cried,— " The few locks that are left...Fa-ther Wil-liam, a heart-y old man;— Now tell me the rea-son, I pray." ' In the days of my youth," Fa-ther Wil-liam re-plied, " I re-mem-ber'd that youth... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...— fairy. ' Father's Instructions, hy Ur. Pcrcnil, uf .Mauch-kler. THE WATERS OF MARAII. 327 " You are old, father William," the young man cried ; "...left you are gray: You are hale, father William, a hearty1 old man ; Now tell me the reason I pray." " In the days of my youth," father William replied,... | |
 | 1857 - 300 pages
...me out of this cottage of clay, I may dwell in a palace in heaven. WATTS. THE HAPPY OLD AGE. " You are old, Father William," the young man cried, " The...Father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth would... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...HOW HE GAINED THEM. " You are old, Father William," the young man cried ; "The few locks which arc left you are gray. You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man ! Now tell me the reason, I pray?" "In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I rcmember'd that youth would... | |
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