 The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3171866Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1894 - 592 pages
...mute and ominous j)i4>phecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from sight In-fore it set. Л chill no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could...quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That cheeked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm... | |
 | Charles De Garmo - 1895 - 152 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And. darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid- vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow storm told.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1895 - 584 pages
...housemates sit Around the radiant firepl:»ce. endiwed III a tomultuous privacy of storm." The Snou1 Storm. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and...threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chill 110 coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1896 - 296 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...stuff could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold,That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 248 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1896 - 392 pages
...cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon t J • A saddeiylight than waning_inaan. 8 Slow tracing down the thickening* sky Its mute and...ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat^ jj ' It sank from sight before it set. Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm... | |
 | 1897 - 248 pages
...darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky 5 Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sunk from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1898 - 212 pages
...cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. 5 Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and...before it set. A chill no coat, however stout, Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm told. i5 The wind blew east ; we heard... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender - 1900 - 272 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snowstorm told. The wind blew east ; we heard the... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender, Ida C. Bender - 1900 - 530 pages
...day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute...could quite shut out, A hard, dull bitterness of cold, 0 That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the... | |
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