 The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons...  Early and recent conditions - Page 113by Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885Full view - About this book
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1893 - 482 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed; The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter's fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider * simmered... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed, 3. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed. 3. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 76 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | 1885 - 994 pages
...finger-tips of sleet. From the crest Of wooded knolls that ridged the west, The sun, a snow-blown traveler, sank From sight beneath the smothering bank." The...Quaker mother rehearsing tales from Sewell and Chalkley " of faith fire-winged by martyrdom " ; then a foil to these, the unlettered uncle " rich in lore of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, embrace the light, Spreads around beneath the sight. Old castles on the ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...throat of the chimney laughed. The house-dog on his paws outspread, Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...of the chimney laughed. 8. The house-dog, on his paws outspread, Laid to the fire his drowsy head; The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
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