 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...  Poetical Works - Page 353by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878Full view - About this book
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1893 - 482 pages
...louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed; The house-dog on his paws outspread...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 slow, The... | |
 | 1865 - 838 pages
...loader blast Shook beam and rafter as It passed? The merrier up Its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowny head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A conchant tiger's teemed tolfall." — pp. 18,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 pages
...louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. The house-dog on his paws outspread...drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall 18 * A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons* straddling... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pages
...rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, 3. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire...apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. 4. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. 3. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire...apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. 4. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 76 pages
...louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread...apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter how... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pages
...passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. 4- The house-dftg on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head ; The cat's dark shadow on the wall A couchant ' tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed. The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of open scene Does the face of Nature show In all the...flocks, And glitters on the broken rocks. Below m basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. JOHN CRBENLEAF WHITTIM A DROP OF DEW. SEE how the... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of as lips that laugh and hide, Thi! seeiued to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug... | |
 | 1876 - 612 pages
...speaking of old times in the country, says : u And for the winter fireside meet, Between the andiron's straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And close at hand the basket stood, With nuts from brown October's wood." How sorrowful to think the old-fashioned " apple-cut... | |
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