 | Joanna Baillie - 1840 - 436 pages
...of age. No stranger passes him without regard, And neighbours stop to wish him a good e'en, And ask him his opinion of the weather. They fret not at the length of his remarks Upon the various seasons he remembers ; For well he knows the many divers signs That do foretell... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1842 - 96 pages
...of age. No stranger passes him without regard, And neighbours stop to wish him a good e'en, And ask him his opinion of the weather. They fret not at the length of his remarks Upon the various seasons he remembers ; For well he knows the many divers signs That do foretell... | |
 | Roger Lonsdale, Roger H. Lonsdale - 1990 - 612 pages
...age. No stranger passes him without regard; And every neighbour stops to wish him well, 40 And ask him his opinion of the weather. They fret not at the length of his discourse, But listen with respect to his remarks Upon the various seasons he remembers; For well he... | |
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... his horsemanship By raising clouds of sand ; he smiles thereat, But seems to chide him sharply : His silver locks upon his shoulders fall, And not ungraceful is his stoop of age. No stranger passes him without regard, And neighbours stop to wish him... 