And still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn Where a little headstone stood ; How the flakes... Wisconsin Journal of Education - Pagina 501911Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
| 1850 - 642 pagini
...roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, The etiff rails were softened to swan's-down, And still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched...of the sky, And the sudden flurries of snow-birds, LHce brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, Where a little head-stone stood,... | |
| 1853 - 442 pagini
...new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swans-dowi) And still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched...flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, Where a little head-stone stood, How the flakes were folding... | |
| 1853 - 478 pagini
...new-roofed with Carrara, Came chanticleer's muffled crow. The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, — And still fluttered down the snow. " I stood and watched...flurries of snow-birds Like brown leaves whirling by. " I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn Where a little headstone stood, How the flakes were folding... | |
| Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pagini
...roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticlers muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swans-downAnd still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched...flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, Where a little head-stone stood, How the flakes were folding... | |
| Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1855 - 608 pagini
...new-roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticleer's muffled crow; The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down. And still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched...flurries of snowbirds Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, Where a little headstone stood, How the flakes were folding it... | |
| 1857 - 452 pagini
...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...flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, Where a little head-stone stood, How the flakes were folding... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pagini
...an earl, And the poorest 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, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn Where a little head-stone... | |
| 1858 - 394 pagini
...roofed with Carrara, Came chanticleer's muffled crow; The stiff rails were softened to swan's down, And still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched...flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. ROBIN HOOD. As bold Robin Hood, with eight merry men, Was ranging the forest, the mountain, and glen,... | |
| Interesting tales - 1858 - 220 pagini
...ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. I stood and watched by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden flurries of snow birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn Where a little headstone... | |
| 1859 - 802 pagini
...roofed with Carrars, Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, The stiff rails were softened to swan's-downAnd still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched...noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden flurries of the snow birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, Where a little... | |
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