 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...  Littell's Living Age - Seite 2581850Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Orville T. Bright - 1889 - 244 Seiten
...written work. LESSON XX. Study and commit to memory the following poem : THE FIRST SNOW-FALL. 1. The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heapirj; field and highway With a silence deep and white. 2. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine... | |
 | Leonard Southerden Wood - 1921 - 396 Seiten
...child's undoubting wisdom look On all these living pages of God's book. cxc1 THE FIRST SNOW-FALL The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night...heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. . . And the sudden flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet... | |
 | Alhambra Georgia Deming - 1921 - 240 Seiten
...night had been heaping field and highway with a silence deep and white James russell lowell The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night...heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. —James Russell Lowell [205] 3. though your duty may be hard look not on it as an ill if it be an... | |
 | Charles H. Sylvester - 1922 - 520 Seiten
...the birds take? What part do the animals take? THE FIRST SNOWFALL By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night...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... | |
 | Charles H. Sylvester - 1922 - 540 Seiten
...which may be easily explained to children. For instance, the following will be readily understood: "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." "The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down." SUMMARY... | |
 | Mary Blanche Rossman, Mary Wilda Mills - 1922 - 104 Seiten
...patiently awaited the arrival of my host. 190. The girl was careless, and dropped her basket of eggs. 191. Every pine and fir and hemlock wore ermine too dear for an earl. 192. Stop your play and be quiet. 193. Hide this sword under your cloak, and march bravely forward.... | |
 | Esther Marshall Cowan, Annette Betz, Werrett Wallace Charters - 1923 - 298 Seiten
.... 10. are Robert's gloves. His father gave to him. 156. Study of a Poem THE FIRST SNOWFALL The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night...fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 Seiten
...Lend! 134 THE FIRST SNOW-FALL THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had beet, heaping field and highway With a silence deep and...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 stiff... | |
 | 1892 - 642 Seiten
...forest paths seem the majestic aisles of some vast Gothic cathedral of whitest marble. For The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night...heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. From Lowell Hal makes an easy transition to Longfellow : Out of the bosom of the air. Out of the cloud... | |
 | James Russell Lowell, Horace Elisha Scudder - 1924 - 522 Seiten
...it. Hay you never have the key which shall unlock the whole meaning of the poem to you I " THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silenee deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest... | |
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