 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...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...on the elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, EW The stiff rails were softened... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...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...on the elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, EW The stiff rails were softened... | |
 | Authors, American - 1853 - 516 pages
...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 Wa« ridged inch-deep with pearl. -Frua« kWds, B*w-roofcd with Carrara, Cmmt chanticleeT * anfled... | |
 | Education - 1911 - 322 pages
...been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore an ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elmtree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. 3. From sheds new roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled crow; The stiff rails were softened to... | |
 | Education - 1908 - 436 pages
...gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping the 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 pearl. From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Canig Chanticleer's mufflel... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...found in the English edition of tis works, well deserves preservation here. Every pine and fir-tree and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And...twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. I stood and watch'd by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden flurries of snow birds,... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 452 pages
...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 carl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed... | |
 | Interesting tales - 1858 - 220 pages
...in the gloaming. And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway Every pine and fir-tree and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. I stood and watched by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden... | |
 | Juvenile literature, Religious - 1858 - 158 pages
...if in quiet homage to the Power that silently clothed the earth in such new and wonderful grace. " Every pine and fir and hemlock, Wore ermine too dear for an earl; And the smallest branch of the elm-tree, Was fringed inch-deep with pearl." And now a heavier gust swept through... | |
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a silence deep and white. 2. 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 3. 
