 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...  The Poetical Works - Page 353by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 543 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Sloane Kennedy - 1882 - 324 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." Snow-Bound. John Whittier, the father of the poet,... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1882 - 496 pages
...evenings they studied their arithmetic and grammar by the light of the pitch-knot blazing on the hearth. "And for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons...The apples sputtered in a row. And close at hand the basket stood, With nuts from brown October's wood." A NEW ENGLAND EITCHEN. Marc.h, when the sun was... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1882 - 504 pages
...they studied their arithmetic and grammar by the light of the pitch-knot blazing on the hearth. " Ami for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons...The apples sputtered in a row. And close at hand the basket stood, With nuts from brown October's \vood." A NKW KNGLAND KITCHEN. 84 iryo-1800.] SOCIAL LIKE... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1882 - 502 pages
...thev studied their •/ arithmetic and grammar by the light of the pitch-knot blazing on the hearth. " And for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons...simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row. And close »t hand the basket stood, With nuts from brown Oetober's wood." A NEW ENGLAND RITCIIEN. 1790-1800.]... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 pages
...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 his drowsy...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... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 524 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... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 516 pages
...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 drowsy...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... | |
 | 1910 - 906 pages
...baffled rage at pane and door, While the red logs before us beat The frost lines back with tropic heat; And for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons'...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... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 pages
...and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons'...The 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... | |
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