So all night long the storm roared on : The morning broke without a sun ; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature's geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell ; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon... Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 385by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1902 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1862 - 580 pages
...world unknown, On nothing we coal'' call our own. Around the ETlistenlnpwo'.derbcnt The bine walla ot the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below— A universe of sky and enow | The old familiar sights of oars Took marvellous snipes : strange domes and towere Bose up where... | |
| 1865 - 838 pages
...morning broke without a sun ; In tiny spherule traced with linn Of Nature's geometric tigm, Tn xt firry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell ; And, when the second morning shone. We looked npon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue... | |
| 1866 - 950 pages
...about to build the tabernacle, the poet took his copy, and formed his idea of the Snow Bound, when, " Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walls of...above, no earth below — A universe of sky and snow !" And the inmates of the house were completely isolated from the external world ; for, u Beyond the... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 pages
...the clothes-line posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts. So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun ; In tiny spherule...Nature's geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, it * All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown,... | |
| American essays - 1866 - 976 pages
...clothes-line posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts. " So all night long the storm roared on : The morning broke without a sun ; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature's geometric signs, la starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell ; And, when the second morning shone,... | |
| 1869 - 390 pages
...nights," said Uncle Herbert. "Ho-.v it looked on the second morning the poet tells us." And he read — "And when the second morning shone, We looked upon...our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walla of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below — A universe of sky and snow ! The old familiar... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1871 - 410 pages
...clothes-line posts - Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts. 2. So all night long the storm roared on, And when the second morning shone, We looked upon...above, no earth below, — A universe of sky and snow ! 3. The old familiar sight of ours Took marvellous shapes ; strange domes and towers Eose up where... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...tall and sheeted ghosts. So all night long the storm roared on : The morning broke without a sun ; hi . ЛУе looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder... | |
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