 And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter task a pastime made. Happy the snow-locked homes wherein He tuned his merry violin, Or played the athlete in the barn, Or held the good dame's winding-yarn, Or mirth-provoking versions told Of classic...  The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 146by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892Full view - About this book
 | 1866 - 538 pages
...sleigh-drive through the frosty nigbt, The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blindman's-buff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter...played the athlete in the barn, Or held the good dame's winding yarn, Or mirth-provoking versions told Of classic legends, rare and old, Wherein the scenes... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 pages
...sleigh-drive through the frosty night, The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blind-man's-buff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter task a pastime made. 35 Happy the snow-locked homes wherein He tuned his merry violin, Or played the athlete in the barn,... | |
 | Henry Martyn Burt - 1867 - 294 pages
...through the frosty night, • The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blind man's buff, * * And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter...played the athlete in the barn, Or held the good dame's winding yarn, Or mirth provoking versions told " Of classic legends, rare and old, Wherein the scenes... | |
 | 1867 - 356 pages
...sleigh-drive through the frosty night,,. The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blindman's-buff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter...played the athlete in the barn, Or held the good dame's winding yan^ Or mirth-provoking versions told Of classic legends, rare and old, Wherein the scenes... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...droll experience found At stranger hearths in boarding round, The moonlit skater's keen delight, 4. Happy the snow-locked homes wherein He tuned his merry...played the athlete in the barn, Or held the good dame's winding yarn, Or mirth-provoking versions told Of classic legends rare and old, Wherein the scenes... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pages
...sleigh-drive through the frosty night. The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blind-man's buff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter task a pastime made. 4. Happy the snow-locked homes wherein He tuned his merry violin, Or played the athlete in the barn,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 76 pages
...sleigh-drive through the frosty night, The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blind-man's-buff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter...played the athlete in the barn, Or held the good dame's winding yarn, Or mirth-provoking versions told Of classic legends rare and old, Wherein the scenes... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1870 - 204 pages
...sleigh-drive through the frosty night, The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blind-man's buff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter...played the athlete in the barn, Or held the good dame's winding yarn, Or mirth-provoking versions told Of classic legends rare and old, Wherein the scenes... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...-drive through the frosty night, The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blind-man's-buff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter...legends rare and old, Wherein the scenes of Greece and Home Had all the commonplace of home, And little seemed at best the odds 'Twixt Yankee pedlers and... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 500 pages
...sleigh-drive through the frosty The rustic party, with its rough Accompaniment of blind-man's-huff, And whirling plate, and forfeits paid, His winter...tuned his merry violin, Or played the athlete in the harn, Or held the good dame's winding-yarn, Or mirth-provoking versions told Of classic legends rare... | |
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