But the wind without was eager and sharp, Of Sir Launfal's gray hair it makes a harp, And rattles and wrings The icy strings, Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was — "Shelterless, shelterless,... The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations - Page 110by James Russell Lowell - 1891 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless !" The voice...light Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 pages
...in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " The voice...he sat in the gateway and saw all night The great hall-fin-, so cheery and bold, Through the window-slits of the castle old, Build out its piers of ruddy... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...he might guess, Was—" Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " Build out its piers of ruddy light And he sat in the gateway and saw all night The great...bold, Through the window-slits of the castle old, Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was—" Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " The voice...flared ; like a torch As he shouted the wanderer away v from the porch, THE VISION OF SIB LAUNFAL. 311 Build out its piers of ruddy light And he sat in the... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 340 pages
...Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was—" Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " The voice...light Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was numb and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 68 pages
...its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was— " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless I " The voice of the seneschal flared like a torch As...light Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, That bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 342 pages
...in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " The voice...he shouted the wanderer away from the porch, And he eai in the gateway and saw all night The great hall-fire, so cheery and bold, Through the window-slits... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 pages
...its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was— " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless I " The voice of the seneschal flared like a torch As...light Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was numb and... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1875 - 486 pages
...its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was — "Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless!" 7. The voice of the seneschal flared like a torch As...piers of ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. IV. 97. VISION OF SIR LAUXFAL. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1875 - 44 pages
...in dreary monotone, Av Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " The voice...the castle old, Build out 'its piers of ruddy light i Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. i. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, That bare... | |
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