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Poems Of Oliver Wendell Holmes: Last Leaf

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Last Leaf

I saw him once before, As he passed by the door; And again

The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane.

They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning - knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.

But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan; And shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone."

The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On ...

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