 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
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy...The 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... | |
 | American literature - 1891 - 508 pages
...its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread as Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette...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 ? us What matter... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1894 - 368 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...Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of eider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1891 - 534 pages
...draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the lire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the...simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And, close et hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. What matter how the night behaved ?... | |
 | Martha S. Hussey - Reading - 1891 - 158 pages
...the boughs of the f6rcst. 4 Shut in from all the world without, We sat the clean-winged hearth about. The house-dog on his .paws out-spread Laid to the...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... | |
 | American literature - 1891 - 494 pages
...its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread w Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette...fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, Bo The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood... | |
 | James Vincent Coombs - Elocution - 1891 - 420 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...drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A'ckmchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andiron's straddling... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 408 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...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 392 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...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... | |
 | George Stewart - American poetry - 1892 - 184 pages
...passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the c himney laughed ; The house dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy...apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood." The "Tent on the Beach," which in chronological... | |
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