 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1893 - 482 pages
...up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed; The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette...wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter's fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug of cider * simmered slow, The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 pages
...up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall 18 * A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons* straddling... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed. 3. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette...basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. 4. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter how the north-wind raved ? Blow high, blow low,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, 3. The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette...basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood, 4. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter how the north-wind raved ? Blow high, blow low,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 76 pages
...up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette...October's wood. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter how the north-wind raved ? Blow high, blow low, not all its snow Could quench our hearth-fire's... | |
 | 1868 - 1048 pages
...fall ; • And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons straggling feet The mug of elder simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And,...October's wood. What matter how the night behaved! What matter how the north-wind raved ! Blow high, blow low, not all Its snow Could quench our hearth-fires... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pages
...laughed. 4- The house-dftg on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head ; The cat's dark shadow on the wall A couchant ' tiger's seemed to fall ;...for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddled feet, The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread f heaven's bow ! And, swelling to embrace the light,...me trees unnumbered rise, Beautiful in various dyes JOHN CRBENLEAF WHITTIM A DROP OF DEW. SEE how the orient dew, Shed from the bosom of the morn Into... | |
 | 1876 - 612 pages
...speaking of old times in the country, says : u And for the winter fireside meet, Between the andiron's straddling feet, The mug of cider simmered slow, The...basket stood, With nuts from brown October's wood." How sorrowful to think the old-fashioned " apple-cut " is now fallen into desuetude ! At least, it... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed, The house-dog on his paws outspread A @ 6 seeiued to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet, The mug... | |
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... roar In baffled rage at pane and door, While the red logs before us beat The frost-line back with tropic heat; And ever, when a louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed,... 
