 An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 1781900Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1867 - 606 pages
...on quite a different theme, and causes a regret that he has not written more rustic poetry : — ' Zekle crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly. crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole Queen's arm thet gran'ther... | |
 | Joseph Edwin Frobisher - Elocution - 1867 - 276 pages
...white an' still, furz you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, all silence an' ai. glisten. Zekle crep' up, quite unbeknown, an' peeked...in thru the winder, An' there sot Huldy, all alone, with no one nigh to hinder. A fire-place filled the room's one side with half a cord o' wood in,—... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1868 - 220 pages
...by him, the manuscript of which was loaned ua by a friend. The title of it is " The Courtin'." ZEKLH crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, Mth no one nigh to hender. Agin1 the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown And peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hendor. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiesfc, bless her, An' little flames danced... | |
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...said : " But I'd rather not perish while you make your bread." TOE COURTIN'. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. ZEKLE crep' up' quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in among 'em rusted The ole queen's arm that gran'ther... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...white an' still Fur 'z you can look or listen. Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence au' belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe, and...Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he pl lohender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 334 pages
...pastoral by him, the manu•orlpt of which was loaned us by a friend. The title M it ta "TheCourtiuV' ZEKLE crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'iili no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly crooknecka hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's... | |
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...шу dear hap to tell. SHAKESPEARE. THE COURTIN'. GOD makes sech nights, all white an' still Fur 'z work Till the stars shine through the roof I It's,...Christian work ! "Work — work — work! Till the bra hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side AVith half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves... | |
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...pastoral by him, the manuscript of which was loaned us by a friend. The title of it is ' The CourtinV " ZEKLE crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung ; An' in amongst 'em rusted . The ole queen's arm thet Gran'ther... | |
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...an' still Fur'z you can look or listen — Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill — All silence and all glisten ! Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown. An' peeked in thru' the .winder ; An' there sot Huldy ail alone, Mth no one nigh to bender. ' A fireplace filled the room's one side. With half a cord o'... | |
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