 The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons...  Poetical Works - Page 353by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878Full view - About this book
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons'...The apples sputtered in a row, And close at hand the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. 4. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American poetry - 1885 - 446 pages
...and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draft The great throat of the chimney laugbed. The house-dog, on his paws outspread Laid to the fire...apples sputtered in a row; And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. At last the great logs, crumbling low, Sent out a... | |
 | William Swinton - English language - 1885 - 408 pages
...limits or qualifies. The honse-dog, on his paws outspread, Laid to the fire his drowsy head; The oat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed...fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the anairon's straddling feet, The mug 01 cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row; And close... | |
 | 1885 - 120 pages
...clean-winged hearth, the house-dog on his paws outspread, and the cat dozing before the fire, while "The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood ; " of the love for each other of the members of that... | |
 | William Henry Rideing - Authors - 1887 - 258 pages
...louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. The house-dog on his paws outspread...fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andiron's straddling feel, The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And close... | |
 | American poetry (Selections) - 1887 - 448 pages
...louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draft The great throat of the chimney laughed. The house-dog, on his paws outspread...tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside m'^et, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1887 - 500 pages
...luuder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. The house-dog on his paws outspread,...silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall, Arid for the winter fireside meet Between the andiron's straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered... | |
 | William Henry Rideing - Authors - 1887 - 240 pages
...the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andiron's straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And close at hand the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood." The father was a plain, taciturn, yet prompt and... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1888 - 366 pages
...blast /, Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed ; The house-dog on his paws outspread...apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter how... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...louder blast Shook beam ami rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread...apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter how... | |
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