| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 356 páginas
...The Justice," — but now he 'a " The Squire." And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, a — Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith, —...Just read on his medal, — " My country, — of thee ! ** You hear that boy laughing ? — you think he 's all fun, — But the angels laugh, too, at the... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 500 páginas
...our manhood in syllabled fire, We called him "The Justice," but now he 's "The Squire." And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, — Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; But he shoute*da song for the brave and the free, — Just read on his medal, "My country," "of thee! " You... | |
| John W. Iliff - 1893 - 616 páginas
...he spoke for our manhood in syllabled fire, We called him the "Justice," but now he's the " Squire.' And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith; Fate...conceal him by naming him Smith; But he shouted a song fo' the brave and the free,— Just read on his medal, " My country," "of theef You hear that boy laughing?... | |
| 1893 - 1072 páginas
...Holmes wrote of him several years ago: "Fate tried to conceal him by naming hint Smith, But he chanted a song for the brave and the free — Just read on his medal: My country of thee." America was written in 1832. COLLEGE BRUTALITY. "PRINCETON, NJ, Sept. 22.— At a meeting of the freshman... | |
| Charles Seymour Robinson - 1893 - 598 páginas
...once described him in a class poem — such as he knows how to write — thus : " And there 'sa fine youngster of excellent pith ; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith." He has made the position honorable by an industrious and faithful life, and now rests on what he has... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1894 - 224 páginas
...lo, the glaciers found at length a tongue, Mont Blanc was vocal, and Chamouni sung ! A RHYMED LESSON. And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith,—...song for the brave and the free,— Just read on his metal, " My country," " of thee I" OCTOBEE 22. THE BOYS. The real forest is hardly still except in... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1894 - 240 páginas
...found at length a tongue, Mont Blanc was vocal, and Chamouni sung ! A RHYMED LESSON. And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, — Fate tried to...song for the brave and the free,— Just read on his metal, " My country," " of thee I " THE BOYS. OCTOBER 22. The real forest is hardly still except in... | |
| California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 páginas
...at college. Many years after they left college, Holmes wrote these lines about him : And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; Hut he shouted a song for the brave and the free, Just read on his medal, "My country — of thee."... | |
| Samuel Willoughby Duffield - 1886 - 698 páginas
...1884, at Newton Centre, Mass. Dr. Holmes once described him in a class poem thus : " And there's a fine youngster of excellent pith, Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith." This hymn of his has been very popular, and was written in 1832, and first sung at a children's Fourth... | |
| 1895 - 638 páginas
...known as his patriotic song. The reader may recall this verse from Dr. Holmes' well-known class poem, "The Boys:" And there's a nice youngster of excellent...But he shouted a song for the brave and the free, Jnst read on his medal, " My country, of thee ! " Samuel Francis Smith was born in Boston October 2i,... | |
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