The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined his arches and matched his beams ; Slender and clear were his crystal spars As the lashes of light that trim... Landscape in American Poetry - Page 35by Lucy Larcom - 1879 - 124 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...pastures bare ; The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined...his beams ; Slender and clear were his crystal spars He sculptured every summer delight In his halls and chambers out of sight; Sometimes his tinkling waters... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...pastures hare ; The little brook heard it and built a roof, 'Neath which he could house him, winter proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams, He groined...chambers out of sight ; Sometimes his tinkling waters slipped Down through a frost-leaved forest crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 358 pages
...pastures bare ; The little brook heard it, and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, Winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined...tinkling waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees, Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; 292... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 284 pages
...pastures bare ; The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined...steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved... | |
| 1854 - 362 pages
...pastures bare ; The little brook heard it, and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, Winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined...beams ; Slender and clear were his crystal spars As tBe lashes of light that trim the stars ; He sculptured every Summer delight In his halls and chambers... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1855 - 780 pages
...pastures bare. The little brook heard it, and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof: All night, by the white stars' frosty gleams, He groined...tinkling waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest crypt, Long sparkling aisles of steel -stemmed treea Bending to counterfeit a breeze; Sometimes,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1856 - 46 pages
...pastures bare ; The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined...aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a hreeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was... | |
| 1857 - 834 pages
...heard it and build a roof "'Neath which he could house him winter proof; " All night by the white stare frosty gleams " He groined his arches and matched...summer delight " In his halls and chambers out of sight ;" and then by a natural association of ideas, (the sort termed "of likeness and" particularly " oppotitlon,")... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...pastures bare ; The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined...steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 pages
...house him, winter-proof ; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groin'd his arches and match'd his beams ; Slender and clear were his crystal spars...frost-leaved, forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of stsel-ste mm'd trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery... | |
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