... Decrepit age, and vigorous life, And blooming youth, and helpless infancy, Poured forth — on crutches, in the pride of strength And health, in the full blush Of promise, in the mere dawn of life — To gather round her tomb. Old men were there,... Life of Charles Dickens - Seite 224von Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1870 - 474 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Dickens - 1840 - 1066 Seiten
...whose eyes were dim and 5 failing — grandmothers, who might have died ten years ago, and still been the deaf, the blind, the lame, the palsied, the living dead in many shapes brms, to see the closing of that early grave. What was the death it shut in, to that which still could... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1841 - 734 Seiten
...dim and senses failing—grandmothers, who might have died ten years ago, and still been old—the deaf, the blind, the lame, the palsied, the living...dead in many shapes and forms, to see the closing of that early grave. What was the death it would shut in, to that which still could crawl and creep above... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 356 Seiten
...To gather round her tomb. Old men were there, Whose eyes were dim And senses failing — Grandames, who might have died ten years ago, And still been...To that which still could crawl and creep above it ! Along the crowded path they bore her now ; Pure as the new-fallen snow That covered it ; whose day... | |
| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 Seiten
...To gather round her tomb. Old men were there Whose eyes were dim And senses failing — Granddames, who might have died ten years ago, And still been...was the death it would shut in, To that which still would crawl and creep above it ! " Along the crowded path they bore her now ; Pale as the new-fallen... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 382 Seiten
...To gather round her tomli. Old men were there, Whose eyes were dim And senses failing — Grandames, who might have died ten years ago, And still been...The living dead in many shapes and forms, To see the clusing of this early grave. What WHS t Mr death it would shut in, To that which still could crawl... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 392 Seiten
...her tomb. Old men were there, Whoso uyos were dim And senses failing — Grandamcs, who might Imvo died ten years ago, And still been old — the deaf, the blind, the hune, The palsied, The living dead in many shapes and forma, To see the closing of this early grave.... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1846 - 828 Seiten
...gather round her tomb. Old men were there, whose eyes were dim and senses failing — grandmothers, who might have died ten years ago, and still been...dead in many shapes and forms, to see the closing of that early grave. Whatwasthe death it would shut in, to that which still could crawl and creep above... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 Seiten
...gather round her tomb. Old men were there whose eyes were dim and senses failing — grandmothers, who might have died ten years ago, and still been...dead, in many shapes and forms, to see the closing of that early grave. Along the crowded path they bore her now — pure as the newly-fallen snow that covered... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1847 - 436 Seiten
...to gather round her tomb. Old men were there, whose eyes were dim and senses failing ; grandmothers, who might have died ten years ago, and still been old ; the deaf, the blind, tbs lame, the palsied, the living dead in many shapes and forms, to see the closing of that early grave.... | |
| 1858 - 682 Seiten
...To gather round her tomb. Old men were there, Whose eyes were dim And senses failing — Grandames who might have died ten years ago, And still been...To that which still could crawl and creep above it ! " Along the crowded path they bare her now ; Pure as the new-fallen snow That covered it ; whose... | |
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