 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 pages
...hoof— As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,...he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1889 - 356 pages
...hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound : He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry ! His cheeks were... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - 1883 - 236 pages
...hoof; As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedlar just opening his pack; His eyes how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry — • His cheeks... | |
 | 1889 - 254 pages
...hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. * He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,...all tarnished with ashes and soot ; A bundle of toys was flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1889 - 168 pages
...this stanza, then describe, in your own words, the picture you have in your mind of "Old Santa Claus." He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry.... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1889 - 172 pages
...this stanza, then describe, in your own words, the picture you have in your mind of "Old Santa Claus." He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry.... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 pages
...hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkle ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry ; His droll little... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 pages
...hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. Ho was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkled! his dimples how merry; His cheeks were like... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1889 - 356 pages
...hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound : He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.... | |
 | 1891 - 608 pages
...hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkle! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; His droll little... | |
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So, up to the housetop the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys — and St. Nicholas, too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head and was turning around, Down the chimney... 
