As night drew on, and, from the crest Of wooded knolls that ridged the west, The sun, a snow-blown traveller, sank From sight beneath the smothering bank, We piled, with care, our nightly stack Of wood against the chimney-back, — The oaken log, green,... The Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for Rhetoric - Seite 155von Lucy A. Chittenden - 1884 - 174 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 Seiten
...lip Had been to us companionship, And, in our lonely life, had grown To have an almost human tone. 15 As night drew on, and, from the crest Of wooded knolls...thick, And on its top the stout back-stick; The knotty forestick laid apart, And filled between with curious art The ragged brush ; then, hovering near, We... | |
| 1866 - 470 Seiten
...enjoying social converse and domestic endearments, in the family circle around a blazing fire — 11 Of wood against the chimney-back, The oaken log, green,...thick, And on its top the stout back-stick, The knotty forestick laid apart, And filled between with curious art The ragged brush ; — " Before such a fire... | |
| 1866 - 950 Seiten
...domestic endearments, in the family circle around a blazing fire — " Of wood against the cbimney-back, The oaken log, green, huge and thick, And on its top the stout back-stick, The knotty forestick luid apart, And filled between with curious art The ragged brush ;— " Before such a fire... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 Seiten
...had a strong and cultiauthor, was born in Boston, Feb. 5, vated taste for the natural sciences. 2. We piled, with care, our nightly stack Of wood against...thick, And on its top the stout backstick; The knotty forestick laid apart, And filled between with curious art The ragged brush ; then, hovering near, We... | |
| Essex Institute - 1900 - 426 Seiten
...and Corner Shop. NARBONNE HOUSE. Showing Lean•to Roof and Corner Shop. " We piled, with care, onr nightly stack Of wood against the chimney.back, —...thick, And on its top the stout back.stick; The knotty forestick laid apart. And filled between with curious art The ragged brush; then, hovering near, We... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...lip Had been to us companionship, Anil, in our lonely life, had grown To have an almost human tone. a }2 \V« piled, with care, our nightly stack Of wood against the chimney-back, — The oaken log, green,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 Seiten
...church-bell lent its Christian tone To the savage air, no social smoke Curled over woods of snow-hung oak. 6. As night drew on, and, from the crest Of wooded knolls that ndged the west, * The Leaning Tower at Pisa (pe'asi). The sun, a snow-blown traveller, sank From sight... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 Seiten
...drew on, and, from the crest Of wooded knolls that ridged the west, The sun, a snow-blown traveler, sank From sight beneath the smothering bank, We piled,...thick, And on its top the stout back-stick; The knotty forestick laid apart, And filled between with curious art The ragged brush ; then, hovering near, We... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 Seiten
...reception they meet with from its brute occupants described. The storm continues throughout the day, and As night drew on, and, from the crest Of wooded knolls that ridged the west, The sun, a snow-blown traveler, sank From sight beneath the smothering bank, We piled, with care, our nightly stack Of wood... | |
| 1872 - 660 Seiten
...liquid lip Had been to us companionship, And in our lonely life had grown To have all almost human tone. As night drew on, and from the crest Of wooded knolls that ridged the west, The sun, a snow-blown traveler, sank From sight beneath the smothering bank, We piled with care our nightly stack Of wood... | |
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