Sweetly along the Salem road Bloom of orchard and lilac showed. Little the wicked skipper knew Of the fields so green and the sky so blue. Poetical Works - Page 275by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878Full view - About this book
| Barrett Wendell - American literature - 1893 - 252 pages
...of muscle and glib of tongue, Pushed and pulled up the rocky lane, Shouting and singing the shrill refrain : ' Here's Flud Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a oorrt By the women o' Morble'ead ! ' " Such a subject as this stirred the Yankee Quaker to the depths.... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - Poetry - 1894 - 592 pages
...Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an* futherr'd an* eorr'd in a corrí By the women o' Morble'ead t " Sweetly along the Salem road Bloom of orchard and...skipper knew Of the fields so green and the sky so blue. Hiding there in Tiis sorry trim. Like an Indian idol glum and grim. Scarcely he seemed the sound to... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1894 - 582 pages
...flew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires, cripple-bound, Hulks of...and cane, And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain : " Here 's Find Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an" corr'd in a corrt Jijr the women... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1894 - 100 pages
...windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray, to Sea-worn grandsires, cripple-bound, Hulks of old sailors...cane, And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain: " Here 's Flud Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, as Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women... | |
| Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - Literature - 1895 - 392 pages
...wide; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grands ires, cripple-bound, Hulks of old sailors run aground, Shook...an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead! " Little the wicked skipper knew Of the fields so green and the sky so blue. Riding there in his sorry... | |
| Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 pages
...loose of hair, With conch-shells blowing and fish-horns' twang, Over and over the Muenads sang : " Here's Flud Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an'...an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead! " Small pity for him ! — he sailed away From a leaking ship, in Chaleur Bay, — Sailed away from... | |
| English poetry - 1896 - 532 pages
...flew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires, cripple-bound, Hulks of...and cane, And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain : ' Here 's Flud Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 618 pages
...flew windows, doors swung wide: Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray. Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires, cripple-bound. Hulks of...hat. and cane. And cracked with curses the hoarse reiruin: — • Here's Flud Oirson. fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1897 - 602 pages
...of muscle and glib of tongue, Pushed and pulled up the rocky lane. Shouting and singing the shrill refrain: — " Here's Flud Oirson, fur his horrd horrt,...futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead ! " Wrinkled scolds with hands on hips, Girls in bloom of cheek and lips. Wild-eyed, free-limbed, such... | |
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