 An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 1781900Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - History - 1876 - 276 pages
...hates all sham, And he will print my ditty. THE COURTIN'. makes sech nights, all white an still Fur 'z you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 292 pages
...all sham, And he will print my ditty. THE COUHTIN'. OD makes sech nights, all white an still Fur 'z you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1876 - 450 pages
...pastoral by him, the manuscript of which was loaned us by a friend. The title of it is " The Courtin'. " ZEKLE crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly crookneeks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1876 - 434 pages
...on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' up quite nnbeknown An' peeked in thrn' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...all white an' still Fur 'z you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, Zckel crop' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Iluldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an1 all glisten. Zekle ere))' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder,...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — • There warn't no... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' p'cked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no oue nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side, With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Authors, American - 1877 - 334 pages
...newspaper from his coat-pocket, and, with proper emphasis and gesture, proceeded to read : ' Zeklc crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru the winder ; An' there set Hukly all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hinder. "Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1878 - 896 pages
...rang true metal, Who ventered life an' love an' youth For the gret prize o' death in battle ? Ibid. Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru'...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. The Courtin'. Manners. — Layard. — Wr other. 595 LORD JOHN MANNERS. Let wealth and commerce,... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - American wit and humor - 1878 - 510 pages
...can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle erep' up quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru' the winder...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves... | |
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