 With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The well-curb had a Chinese roof; And even the long sweep, high aloof, In its slant splendor, seemed to tell Of Pisa's leaning miracle. A prompt, decisive man, no breath Our father wasted: "Boys, a path!  The Children's Hour - Page 341869Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 pages
...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 was road ; The bridle-post an old man sat With loose-flung coat and high cocked The well-curb... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - 1875 - 252 pages
...of sky and snow! 5. The old familiar sights of ours Took marvelous shapes; strange domes and towers Hose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden wall,...white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road; The bridle-post an old man eat "With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...The old familiar sights of ours Took marvelous shapes: strange domes and towers Rose up where sty and corn-crib stood, Or garden wall, or belt of wood;...white mound the brush-pile showed; A fenceless drift what once was road; The bridle-post an old man sat, With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...sky and snow ! The old familiar, sights of ours Took marvelous shapes ; strange domes and towers Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden wall, or...white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road ; The bridle-post an old man sat With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat ; The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 316 pages
...marvellous shapes ; strange domes and | towere 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 was road ; The bridle-post an old man sat With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 556 pages
...sky and snow t 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...white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road ; The bridle-post an old man sat With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The... | |
 | 1878 - 254 pages
...and snow ! 5. The old familiar sights of ours Took marvelous shapes; strange domes and towers Eose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden wall, or...white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road; The bridle-post an old man sat With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The well-curb... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 530 pages
...sky and snow ! The old familiar sights of ours Took marvellous shapes; strangedomet and towers Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood. Or garden wall, or...white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road ; The bridle-post an old man sat With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 412 pages
...and snow ! 3. The old familiar sight of ours Took marvellous shapes ; strange domes and towers Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden wall, or...white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road ; The bridle-post an old man sat, The well-curb had a Chinese roof : And even the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 292 pages
...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 was road; The bridle-post an old man sat With loose-flung coat and high cocked hat; The well-curb... | |
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