| Robert Southey - English poetry - 1799 - 320 pages
...frown on me, and cried, " You stupid puppy — you have speil'd my wig !" The OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, 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 days of... | |
| Robert Southey - English poetry - 1800 - 318 pages
...puppy — you have fpoil'd my wig !" The OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, And Ao-o> lie gained them. You are oJd, 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 days of... | |
| Robert Southey - Poetry - 1805 - 224 pages
...them. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, The few locks which are left you are grey ; 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 fast,... | |
| 1807 - 550 pages
...esteemed n curioiity by gft-nej al reader«. H. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE CAIN'ED THEM. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, • The few locks that are left yon are grey ; You arc hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me tlie reason I pray. In the... | |
| Fashion - 1807 - 472 pages
...tyme is come that he must go hyuuelve . THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. You are ol<t, 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. Iu the days of... | |
| James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...brighter day". JP XIII. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAIXED THEM. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY. 1 " You are old father William," the young man cried, " The...father William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray." 2 " In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remember'd that youth would... | |
| 1814 - 984 pages
...MAN'S REVIEW OF HIS YOUTH. "YOU arc old, Father William,'' the young man cry'd, "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 reply'd, "I remembered that youth would... | |
| Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...WATTS. S2 The Old Man's Corrfort*. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. " You are old, fathet William," the young man cried, " The few locks that...father William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the clays of my youtli," father William replied, "I remember'd that youth would... | |
| John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...with which e remembers he was entertained in the troubled slumbers of a fit of sickness. — " 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 days... | |
| Robert Southey - 1826 - 268 pages
...THEM. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, The few locks which are left you are grey ; 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 fast,... | |
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