There was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb and could not speak. For the weaver Winter its shroud had spun, A single crow on the tree-top bleak From his shining feathers shed off the cold sun... Annual Report - Dept. of Education - Page 165by Saskatchewan. Department of Education - 1906Full view - About this book
| Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1860 - 628 pages
...mornmg-star till XLV.Sth; and evsmng. sZa* »gain the rest of tha yc»z. FEBRUARY hath 28 days. 1869 There was never a leaf on bush or tree ; The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb, and could not speak, Fdr the weaver, "Winter, his shroud had spun. Aspects, Holidays, Events.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...window-slits of the castle old, Build out its piers of ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb and could not speak, For the frost's swift shuttles its shroud had spun ; A single crow on the... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...and bold, Through the wir« clow-slits of the castle old, Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingiy ; The river was numb and could not speak, For the weaver Winter its shroud had spun ;... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1866 - 342 pages
...window-slits of the castle old, Build out its piers of ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs...bleak From his shining feathers shed off the cold son Again it was morning, but shrunk and cold, As if her veins were sapless and old, And she rose up... | |
| James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1875 - 486 pages
...its piers of ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. IV. 97. VISION OF SIR LAUXFAL. PART SECOND. THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs...the tree-top bleak From his shining feathers shed 6ff the cold sun ; Again it was morning, but shrunk and cold, As if her veins were sapless and old,... | |
| James Madison Watson - Readers - 1876 - 484 pages
...the cold. IV. 97. VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. PART SECOND. 'TT^HERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, JL The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was...the tree-top bleak From his shining feathers shed 6ff the cold sun ; Again it was morning, but shrunk and cold, As if her veins were sapless and old,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...the window-slits of the castle old, Build out its piers of ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. There was never a leaf on "bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb and could not speak, For the frost's swift shuttles its shroud had spun ; A single crow on the... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...of the castle old, Build out its piers of ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. PART SECOND. i, THERE was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb and could not speak, For the weaver Winter its shroud had spun; A single crow on the tree-top... | |
| James Russell Lowell - History - 1876 - 276 pages
...ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. THE VISION OF r ILattnfaU PART SECOND. PART SECOND. 'I HE RE was never a leaf on bush *»^-^ or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly ; The river was dumb and could not speak, For the weaver Winter its shroud had Prom his shining feathers shed off the... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...the window-slits of the castle old, Build out its piers of ruddy light Against the drift of the cold. There was never a leaf on bush or tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderiugly ; The river was dumb and could not spenk, For the frost's swift shuttles its shroud had... | |
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