 | William James Linton - 1878 - 466 pages
...an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peek'd in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace fill'd the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — The wa'nut logs shot sparkles... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 pages
...can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' np quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An'...there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — • There warn't 110 stoves... | |
 | Indiana Horticultural Society. Meeting - 1879 - 268 pages
...poet, Lowell, has given us a picture, in true colloquial dialect : Zekle crep' up, quite unbeknown, An1 peeked in thru the winder ; An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hinder. Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's armsthet gran'thor... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 pages
...still, Fur 'z you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru'...there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side, With half a cord o' wood in, — There warn't no stoves (tell... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 584 pages
...the wonderful one-hoss-shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. OW HOLMES. THE COURTINV ZEKLE crop' up quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru' the winder,...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to bender. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther... | |
 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - 1879 - 348 pages
...still, furz you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, all silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep" up, quite unbeknown, an' peeked in thru the winder, An' there sot Huldy, all alone, with no one nigh to hinder. A fire-place filled the room's one side with half a cord o' wood in, —... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1881 - 214 pages
...be a vacant page, the space was filled off-hand by the first sketch of " Zekle's Courtship : " — " Zekle crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to bender." This is the most genuine of our native idyls. It affects one like coming upon a new and quaint... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - 1881 - 236 pages
...clearing this bush of the Dukite snakes. J. BOYLE O'REILLY. ZEKLE. J7EKLE crep' up, quite unbeknown, Li An' peeked in thru the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 pages
...techstone rang true metal, Who ventcred life an' love an' youth For the gret pri2e o' death in battle ? Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, Ibid. LORD JOHN MANNERS. Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...an' snow on Held an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown, An' peek'd homes retire? Look behind you! — they're afire! And, before you, see Who ha A fireplace fill'd the room's one side, With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell... | |
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There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. 
