 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
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children - 1871 - 292 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 That... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. Ilia view, And never lacked a job for Giles to do. Fled now the sullen murmurs of the north, Ami the smoke it encircled his head like awreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1873 - 730 pages
...like a pedlar just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry ! His checks were like roses, his nose like a cherry ; His droll...chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe be held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face... | |
 | Child life - 1874 - 300 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 That... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 220 pages
...around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to bis foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes...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 - 1875 - 212 pages
...His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry: His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, 1 And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipo ho held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. Ho had a broad... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 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 That... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkle ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses,...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... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1878 - 874 pages
...tarnished with ashes and soot ; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler 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 That... | |
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