 | John Fanning Watson - New York (N.Y.) - 1830 - 902 pages
...the mysterious visiter! The following fine poetry upon the subject must gratify the reader. It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; When what in the air, to my eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer; With... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1833 - 336 pages
...the mysterious visiter ! The following fine poetry upon the subject must gratify the reader : It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; When what in the air, to my eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer ; With... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...below. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAa BY 0. 0. MOORE. 'T WAS the night before Christinas, when all thro' the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse : The stockings were hung by flie chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled... | |
 | 1868
...presently heard the front door, and 318 then the parlour door open, and close again : and after that, " All through the house not a creature was stirring — not even a mouse," till Christmas morning dawned, clear and beautiful. At seven o'clock, as agreed, the parlour was invaded... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1855 - 686 pages
...the mysterious visiter! The follow ing fine poetry upon the subject must gratify the reader : It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; When what in the air to my eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer; With... | |
 | United States - 1856 - 642 pages
...you. In connection with which subject, a striking little episode came off, "off " the Battery, " on the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." At that quiet time about three hundred gallant souls, who had heard the alarm of Nicaraguan war, and... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - Children's literature - 1866 - 808 pages
...read this book of his. He kneels down before a chair, and opens the book, and begins, — , " 'T was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." And when his tiny tongue has clattered down to what he thinks ought to be the bottom of the page, he... | |
 | Education - 1866 - 400 pages
...Help some one to keep Christmas morn, The day our Saviour, Christ, was born. -Hymns for Children. 2. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the honse, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were all hung by the chimney with... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1868 - 220 pages
...Then down at a bound, From the sky to the ground — A VISIT OF SANTA CLAUS. CLEMENT C. MOORE. WAS the night before Christmas, When all through the house...Not even a mouse; — The stockings were hung By the chimneys with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas Soon would be there. The children were nestled All snug... | |
 | 1919 - 902 pages
...— to American children, at least — is that which begins • 'Twas the night before Christmaa, and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." The author of this poem, Clement C. Moore, lies buried in Trinity Cemetery, at Broadway and 155th Street,... | |
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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; I! 
