 THE snow had begun in the 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 Was ridged inch deep with...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 330by James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...had begun in the 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...earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, The etiff... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pages
...begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night, Had been heaping field and highway, With a silence deep and white. Every pine, and fir, and hemlock,...elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swans-downAnd... | |
 | 1853 - 442 pages
...begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night, Had been heaping field and highway, With a silence deep and white. Every pine, and fir, and hemlock,...elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swans-dowi)... | |
 | 1853 - 504 pages
...had begun in the 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...earl. And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. 352 HOMES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS. " From sheds, new-roofed with Carrara, Came chanticleer's... | |
 | 1853 - 516 pages
...had begun in the 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...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... | |
 | 1853 - 478 pages
...had begun in the 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 on earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. "From sheds, new-roofed... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1855 - 608 pages
...began in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence dead 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, Came Chanticleer's muffled... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. 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,... | |
 | 1857 - 452 pages
...the elm-tree, Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swans-down And still fluttered down the snow. THE FIRST SNOW FALL. 375 I stood and watched by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden... | |
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