 His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath....  Poetic reader, for the use of schools - Page 184by Poetic reader - 1881Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 1322 pages
...opening his pack. His eyes — how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry ! His cheeks were like rose*, his nose like a cherry; His droll little mouth was...snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...nose like a cherry ; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on bis chin was white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...like roses, his nose like a cherry ; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow ; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath, He had a broad face, and a little round belly, That... | |
 | American literature - 1837 - 660 pages
...clothes were all tarnish'd with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he look'd like a pedlar just opening his pack. His eyes —...snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 520 pages
...C. Moore, is one of the most appropriate passages of the New- Yorlc Book. THE SAINT OF MANNAHATTA. His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And...beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump oi* a pipe he held tight in bis teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a... | |
 | Animals - 1839 - 204 pages
...tarnished with ashes and soot• A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler, just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled...snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly,... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. ' As I drew in my head, and.w,as turning around*, He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,...snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound, 104 A VISIT PROM ST. NICHOLAS. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,...snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...he look'd like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, howmerry ! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly, That... | |
 | 1837 - 524 pages
...C. Moore, is one of the most appropriate passages of the New- York Book. T.HE SAINT OF MANNAHATTA. His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And...snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That... | |
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