So all night long the storm roared on; The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature's geometric signs, In starry flake and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world... New National Fifth Reader - Page 394by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 392 pages
...above, no earth below, — A universe of sky and snow ! The old familiar sights of ours Took marvellous shapes ; strange domes and towers Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden-wall, or belt of wood ; A smooth white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once... | |
| Massachusetts - 1893 - 988 pages
...signs, In starry flake and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell ; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could...call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The bine walls of the firmament. No cloud ftbove, no earth below, — A universe of sky and snow! 7. "Write... | |
| Robert Penn Warren - 1971 - 222 pages
...signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent 50 The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below, — A universe of sky and snow... | |
| 1918 - 816 pages
...night long the storm roared on ; The morning broke without a sun ; And, when the second morning shone. We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could...above, no earth below — A universe of sky and snow. -AVhirticr. • No. 2 ^^ We are always in the market for HONEY and BEESWAX. Do not sell until you have... | |
| Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pages
...signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could...sky and snow! The old familiar sights of ours Took marvellous shapes; strange domes and towers Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden-wall, or... | |
| Darrel Abel - 2002 - 538 pages
...Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, No cloud above, no earth below, — A universe of sky and snow! The farm chores and household tasks of the snow-bound family are vividly described, and their evening recreations... | |
| Mel Goldstein - 2002 - 420 pages
...in more recent times, in January 1977, when snow was measured as far south as Miami. Weather Words "No cloud above, no earth below — A universe of sky and snow." — -John Greenleaf Whiftier Big-City Snows While the southern snowfall experience is rare, the Midwest... | |
| John Dizikes - 2002 - 374 pages
...changed almost beyond recognition: We looked upon a world unknown, Or nothing we could call our own. No cloud above, no earth below — A universe of sky and snow! Familiar, prosaic New England has been changed into a wonderland of poetic fantasy: corncribs turned... | |
| Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pages
...Atmospheric phenomenon — that is, snow, milking. The brace is madt of walnut wood and shaped like a bow. On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walls of the firmament,10 No cloud above, no earth below— A universe of sky and snow! The old familiar sights... | |
| Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pages
...above, no earth below — A universe of sky and snow! The old familiar sights of ours Took marvellous shapes; strange domes and towers Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden-wall, or belt of wood; A smooth white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once... | |
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