Underneath the rose;
O’er that sill the dead
Reached the family tomb:
All, that were, have fled,—
Down the old house goes!
Once, in yonder hall,
Washington, they say,
Led the New-Year’s ball,
Stateliest of beaux.
O that minuet,
Underneath the rose;
O’er that sill the dead
Reached the family tomb:
All, that were, have fled,—
Down the old house goes!
Once, in yonder hall,
Washington, they say,
Led the New-Year’s ball,
Stateliest of beaux.
O that minuet,