Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Robert Nicoll
So mirthful, and so brief.
And like night upon the plain,
Old age comes o’er the heart.
Like childhood’s when it hears the carol of a bird.
So mirthful, and so brief.
And like night upon the plain,
Old age comes o’er the heart.
Like childhood’s when it hears the carol of a bird.