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" Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout Of homespun stuff, could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of... "
Snow-bound: A Winter Idyl - Page 10
by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 52 pages
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The Land We Love, Volume 1

1866 - 470 pages
...they had a portent in a peculiarly chill state of the air — " a hard, dull, bitterness of cold :" 11 The wind blew east : we heard the roar Of ocean on...throbbing there Beat with low rhythm our inland air." It continued all the succeeding night and day, and until the second morning shone ; and, as before...
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The Land We Love, Volumes 1-2

1866 - 950 pages
...Bound. liarly chill state of the air—" a hard, dull, bitterness of cold :" *' The wind blew ea*t : we heard the roar Of ocean on his wintry shore, And...pulse throbbing there Beat with low rhythm our inland air.1* It continued all the succeeding night and day, and until the second morning shone ; and, as...
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Scribners Monthly, Volume 4

1872 - 818 pages
...beautiful winter poem. Today no -hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm told." Nor did we look out upon " A universe of sky and snow," but upon green hills and luxuriant woods and...
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Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections ...

Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...stuff', could <[nite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of...Of Ocean on his wintry shore, And felt the strong pnlse throbbing there Beat with low rhythm our inland air. Meanwhile we did onr nightly chores, —...
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Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections ...

1872 - 660 pages
...stuff, could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of...we heard the roar Of Ocean on his wintry shore, And telt the strong pulse throbbing there Beat with low rhythm our inland air. Meanwhile we did our nightly...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...stuff could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race thine, 0 Glenullin ! whose bride shall await, Likea...gate. Л steed comes at morning : 110 rider is there ISeat with low rhythm our inland air. Meanwhile we did our nightly chores, — Brought in the wood...
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The Pacific Coast First [-fifth] Reader, Volume 4

A. W. Patterson - 1875 - 252 pages
...stuff, could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of...throbbing there Beat with low rhythm our inland air. 2. Meanwhile we did our nightly chores, — Brought in the wood from out of doors, Littered the stalls,...
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The Graded-school First-fifth Reader, Book 5

Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. The wind blew east: we heard the roar Of Ocean on...felt the strong pulse throbbing there Beat with low rythm our inland air. 2. Unwarmed by any sunset light, The gray day darkened into night, A night made...
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier with Numerous ...

John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 316 pages
...stuff could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of...The wind blew east ; we heard the roar Of Ocean on hie wintry shore, And felt the strong pulse throbbing there Beat with low rhythm our inland air. Meanwhile...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 1

William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...stuff could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm told. The wind blew cast : we heard the roar Of Ocean on his wintry shore, And felt the strong pulse throbbing there Beat...
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