 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 Seiten
...men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear ! Unpleasing to a married ear! When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who ; To-whit, to-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 Seiten
...herb through heaps of snow. JAMES THOMSON. WHEN ICICLES HANG BY THE WALL. FROM "LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST." WHEN icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who ; To-whit, to-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 Seiten
...to a married ear ! 1 From The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 2 From Love's Labour's Lost. II. THE OWL. f When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick, the shepherd,...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-ivho, Tu-whit, to-iuho, — a merry note ! While greasy... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 Seiten
...Unpleasing to a married ear ! 1 From The Two Gentlemen of Verona. * From Love's Labour's Lost. II. THE OWL. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick, the shepherd,...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who, Tu-whit, to-who, — a merry note ! While greasy... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 Seiten
...Shelley, Keats, and Wordsworth, addressed to these birds ; see also X, CXXXIX.). XVIII. — WINTER. 1. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick, the shepherd,...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-who! Tu-whit, tu-who ! — a merry note, While greasy... | |
 | 1879 - 140 Seiten
...; Thy rays earth might not dim ; — Send them to guide us yet ! O star which led to Him ! Poems on Winter. WHEN icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the...frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-whoo ; Tu-whit, to-whoo, a merry note, While greasy... | |
 | Edwin Waugh - 1879 - 396 Seiten
...an' then thou'll happen live till thou dees, — if th' dogs don't worry tho ! " UNDER THE SNOW. " When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit ; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 Seiten
...lines above, is from Love's Labour's Lost, and is a graphic as well as a humorous picture of life in winter : When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the...frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-who ! Tu-whit, tu-who ! a merry note, While greasy... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 Seiten
...meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. William Words-worth. WINTER. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the...frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl Tuwhoo ! Tuwhit ! tuwhoo ! A merry note ! While greasy... | |
 | 1911 - 458 Seiten
...an' the smiles ye wear That's a-making the sunshine everywhere." — JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. DECEMBER 6 When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...frozen home in pail; When blood is nipped and ways be foul, Then mighty sings the staring owl, To whoo; Tu whit! Tu whoo! A merry note! Tu whit ! To-whoo... | |
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Tu-whit, tu-who ! a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in... 
