 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
 | M. F. Hyde - 1888 - 246 pages
...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 1 1 — —— •The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below, — A universe of... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...signs, In starry flake and pellicle,5 All day the hoary meteor' fell; And when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could...garden wall, or belt of wood ; A smooth white mound the brush pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road ; The bridle post an old man sat With loose-flung... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 364 pages
...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,... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 382 pages
...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,... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 248 pages
...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...firmament, No cloud above, no earth below, — A universe ol sky and snow ! The old familiar sights of ours Took marvellous shapes ; strange domes and towers... | |
 | Sidney Perley - 1891 - 362 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,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1894 - 368 pages
...starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell ; And, when the second morning shone, _Wje looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call...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,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1891 - 346 pages
...one-fifth seconds — all truly marvellous performances. CHAPTER V. THE SNOW-WALKERS. THIS morning — We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could...above, no earth below, A universe of sky and snow. The sun shines, and a rosy suffusion is over the landscape. All the fences are buried deep, and the trees... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1891 - 136 pages
...And, when the second morning shone, We looked "upon a world unknown, £noto--<SF0tmä : Я Cffitmter On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening...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,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1891 - 136 pages
...All day the hoary meteor fell ; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, 3 On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening...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,... | |
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