 | Joseph A. Graves - 1900 - 170 pages
...and through all comes wafted to us the delicious fragrance of the grapevines. — Beeches. XXXVII. The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily, all...twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. — Lowell. XXXIX. 0 for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, — Pewter spoon and... | |
 | Charles H. Sylvester - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1922 - 540 pages
...which may be easily explained to children. For instance, the following will be readily understood: "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." "The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down." SUMMARY... | |
 | Mary Blanche Rossman, Mary Wilda Mills - English language - 1922 - 104 pages
...patiently awaited the arrival of my host. 190. The girl was careless, and dropped her basket of eggs. 191. Every pine and fir and hemlock wore ermine too dear for an earl. 192. Stop your play and be quiet. 193. Hide this sword under your cloak, and march bravely forward.... | |
 | Esther Marshall Cowan, Annette Betz, Werrett Wallace Charters - English language - 1923 - 298 pages
...mine. I own . 10. are Robert's gloves. His father gave to him. 156. Study of a Poem THE FIRST SNOWFALL The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all...fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to... | |
 | Outdoor recreation - 1892 - 642 pages
...and the forest paths seem the majestic aisles of some vast Gothic cathedral of whitest marble. For The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all...heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. From Lowell Hal makes an easy transition to Longfellow : Out of the bosom of the air. Out of the cloud... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...eyes will brim. Only to think she came and went. 1849. James Russell Lend! 134 THE FIRST SNOW-FALL THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had beet, heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore... | |
 | James Russell Lowell, Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1924 - 522 pages
...look to it. Hay you never have the key which shall unlock the whole meaning of the poem to you I " THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all...the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silenee deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest... | |
 | Pedro Joseph Lemos - Art - 1924 - 680 pages
...one without a good sense of humor is too dangerous to turn loose upon children." EVERY PINE AND FIB AND HEMLOCK WORE ERMINE TOO DEAR FOR AN EARL, AND THE POOREST TWIG ON THE ELM TREE WAS RIDGED INCH DEEP WITH PEARL. Children's Color Booklets JESSIE TODD THIS month we have... | |
 | Agriculture - 1925 - 630 pages
...God can make a tree. — Joyce Kilmer. (Prom American Forestry, December, 1918) The First Snow-Fall The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all...too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. — Lowell. A Hymn for Arbor Day (To be sung by schools to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...well !" JOHN GREENLEAP WHITT1RK THE FIRST SNOW-FALL. THE snow hail Iwgun in the gloaming, And Imsily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine ami fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the |M«>rest twig mi the elm-tree Was ridged... | |
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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... 
