 THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with...  Public School Methods - Page 4531916Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 642 pages
...gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear...earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, The etiff... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...gloaming, And busily all the night, Had been heaping field and highway, With a silence deep and white. Every pine, and fir, and hemlock, Wore ermine too...elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swans-downAnd... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...gloaming, And busily all the night, Had been heaping field and highway, With a silence deep and white. Every pine, and fir, and hemlock, Wore ermine too...elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swans-dowi)... | |
 | Authors, American - 1853 - 504 pages
...gloaming. And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. " Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear...earl. And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. 352 HOMES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS. " From sheds, new-roofed with Carrara, Came chanticleer's... | |
 | Authors, American - 1853 - 516 pages
...gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. " Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear...for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Wa« ridged inch-deep with pearl. -Frua« kWds, B*w-roofcd with Carrara, Cmmt chanticleeT * anfled... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1855 - 608 pages
...gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence dead and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock, Wore ermine too dear for an earl ; And the poorest twig on the elm tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. From sheds, new-roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticleer's muffled... | |
 | Education - 1911 - 322 pages
...been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore an ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elmtree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. 3. From sheds new roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled crow; The stiff rails were softened... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir-tree and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And...twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. I stood and watch'd by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden flurries of snow birds,... | |
 | 1858 - 394 pages
...gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear...earl; And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. From sheds, new roofed with Carrara, Came chanticleer's muffled crow; The stiff... | |
 | Interesting tales - 1858 - 220 pages
...the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir-tree and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. I stood and watched by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden... | |
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