 The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3171866Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chili no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold,... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. SLjiv tracing down the thickening sky Itj Th»t cheeked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stont, Of homespun stuff', could <[nite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less th;tn threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else ¡orient seeming less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout,... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...day, Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. The wind blew east: we heard the roar Of Ocean on his wintry shore, And felt the strong pulse throbbing... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 418 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That cheeked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 316 pages
...darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Blow tracing down the thickening aky Ite mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from eight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out, A hard,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 68 pages
...Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning mooa Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and...however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 530 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, fhe coming of the snow-storm told. The wind blew east : we heard the roar Of Ocean on his wintry shore,... | |
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