Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped,... A Library of American Literature... - Page 139by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888Full view - About this book
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...To-whit, to-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. SHAKESPEARE. THE SNOW-STORM. ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow ;...veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant... | |
| Patrick Henry Woodward - Postal service - 1876 - 596 pages
...of the telegram, the special agent was hurrying northward by the fast express. Meanwhile, "Announced by all the trumpets of the sky. Arrives the snow;...Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven." The train flew past villages and cities. After watching awhile the frantic gambols of the snowflakes,... | |
| 1877 - 974 pages
...swan's-down, And etill fluttered down tbe snow. And thus writes Emerson in the Snaa-Storm : Announced by all the trumpets of the sky. Arrives the snow ;...And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The eled and traveler stopp'd, tbe courier's feet Delay'd, all friend« ahnt out, tbe honsemalca Bit Around... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 68 pages
...this our Fire of Wood doth the same. " COR. AGRIPPA, Occult Philosophy, Book I. chap. v. I" Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow ;...; Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, j And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...woods, the river, and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut...enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm. Come see the north-wind's miisonry ! Out of an unseen quarry, evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer... | |
| Children's literature - 1877 - 456 pages
...November chill blaus loud wi' angry sugh." There is Emerson's indoor view of a snow-storm: " Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow,...driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight. The whitcd air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven. And veils the farm-house at the garden's... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1878 - 292 pages
...wake; you'll find them there. Fitz-Greene THE SNOW-STORM. A NNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky, A Arrives the snow ; and, driving o'er the fields, Seems...enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm. Come see the north-wind's masonry. Out of an unseen quarry, evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1878 - 638 pages
...find them there. Ktz- Greene Haltect. THE SNOW-STORM. I NNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky, -ti Arrives the snow ; and, driving o'er the fields, Seems...enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm. Come see the north-wind's masonry. Out of an unseen quarry, evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves... | |
| George Stewart - American essays - 1878 - 272 pages
...the sound of silver bells, and I find myself going softly over the metrical numbers: " ' Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow ;...The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Belayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fire-place, enclosed In a tumultuous... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...during winter's drizzly reign be done, Till the new ram receives th' exalted sun. DRYDEN. Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow,...farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopp'd.the courier's feet Delay'd, all friends shut out, the house-mates sit Around the fireplace,... | |
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