 THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with...  The Blaisdell Speller ... - Page 29by Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1901Full view - About this book
 | 1911 - 458 pages
...Carrara? What color is Carrara marble? Who is Chanticleer? Why is his crow muffled? THE FIRST SNOWFALL The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all...too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Came chanticleer's muffled... | |
 | Henry B. Buckham - 1881 - 270 pages
...and to help him, and cheer him, and bear his burdens, for his good deed of that night. 12. The snow had been heaping field and highway with a silence deep and white. - 13. Stern and unmoved by all his misfortunes, he stood there. 14. He was fond of books and music,... | |
 | 1895 - 794 pages
...part of the number will be mainly devoted to Patriotic Training. Nature Study. VI. By SARAH L. ARNOLD. Every pine and fir and hemlock wore ermine too dear for an carl, and the poorest twig on the elm tree was ridged inch deep with pearls." • The picture is a... | |
 | Henry Francis Harrington - 1880 - 208 pages
...smelts salm'on clams oys'ters her'ring fish' mar ket mack'er el pick'er el bass sea'-coast LESSON 118. " The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all...too dear for an earl ; And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl." high'way be gun' si'lence er'mine hem'lock gloam'ing ridged... | |
 | Henry F. Harrington - 1882 - 188 pages
...a contraction of would not, but is commonly used for will not. • LESSON 118. " The snow had begim in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been...too dear for an earl ; And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl." LESSON 119. The meats most used for food are beef, veal,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 pages
...tbrobhing lids ; before 't was night Two added provinces blest Dara's sway. THE FIRST SNOW-FALL. Тнк snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the...pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for aíi earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new-roofed... | |
 | 1904 - 964 pages
...when it was forced upon us as a punishment to he written one hundred times. Its simplicity charms: " The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Was heaping the highways and hedges With a covering of pearly white." The joy of that first morning... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day. THE FIRST SNOW-FALL. JAMES R. LOWELL. HE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the...too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's mnffled... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pages
...hearts. And dying thus around us every day. THE FIRST SNOW-FALL. JAMES R. LOWELL. HE snow had began in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been...too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled... | |
 | Thomas W. Handford - 1881 - 438 pages
...somewhere there in the ditches, And you've struck it — on Poverty Flat. BRET HARTE. THE FIRST SNOWFALL. The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all...highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fur and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl ; And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged... | |
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