 But the wind without was eager and sharp, Of Sir Launfal's gray hair it makes a harp, And rattles and wrings The icy strings, Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was "Shelterless, shelterless,...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 110by James Russell Lowell - 1897 - 515 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as in fear, Go threading the soot-forest's tangled darks Like herds of startled deer. But the wind without was eager and sharp, Of Sir LaunfaPs gray hair it makes a harp, And rattles and wrings Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 274 pages
...silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as in fear, Go threading the soot-forest's tangled darks Like herds of startled deer. But the wind without...gray hair it makes a harp, And rattles and wrings Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess, Was... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...silent sparks, fear, Go threading the soot-forest's tangled darks Now pausing, now scattering away as in Like herds of startled deer. But the wind without...guess, Was—" Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " Build out its piers of ruddy light And he sat in the gateway and saw all night The great hall-fire,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as in fear, Go threading the soot-forest's tangled darks Like herds of startled deer. But the wind without...flared ; like a torch As he shouted the wanderer away v from the porch, THE VISION OF SIB LAUNFAL. 311 Build out its piers of ruddy light And he sat in the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1866 - 68 pages
...silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as in fear, Go threading the soot-forest's tangled darks Like herds of startled deer. But the wind without...makes a harp And rattles and wrings The icy strings, 3 Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose burden still, as he might guess,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1866 - 342 pages
...silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as in fear, Go threading the soot-forest's . tangled darks Like herds of startled deer. But the wind without...was eager and sharp, Of Sir Launfal's gray hair it makea a harp, And rattles and wrings The icy strings, Singing, in dreary monotone, A Christmas carol... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...galleries blind ; And swift little troops of silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as in fear, 7. But the wind without was eager and sharp, Of Sir Launfal's...guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless !" XGV.— SUMMER. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 1. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...tangled darks Like herds of startled deer. 7. But the wind without was eager and sharp, Of Sir Launfal'a gray hair it makes a harp, And rattles and wrings...dreary monotone, A Christmas carol of its own, Whose hurden still, as he might guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless !" XCV.— SUMMER.... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 510 pages
...galleries blind ; And swift little troops of silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as in fear, 7. But the wind without was eager and sharp, Of Sir Launfal's...guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless !" XCV.— SUMMER. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 1. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 340 pages
...silent sparks, Now pausing, now scattering away as IB fear, Go threading the soot-forest's tangled darks Like herds of startled deer. But the wind without...guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless ! " And he fat in the gateway and saw all night The great hall-fire, so cheery and bold, Through the... | |
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