 Oh, hear that pattering shower! Haste, boy ! — this gloomy hour Demands relief; the cheerful tapers light. Though now my home around Still roars the wintry sound, Methinks 'tis Summer by this festive blaze ! My books, companions dear, In seemly ranks...  Christmas in the Olden Time, Or, The Wassail Bowl - Page 1by John Mills - 1846 - 141 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Butt - Epistolary poetry, English - 1793 - 254 pages
...wounds you must bemoan, You prove, by sympathy, their worth your own. ft WHAT SHALL I READ * AN ODE.* Tis Winter, cold and rude, Heap, heap the warming wood ; The wild wind hums his sullen song to Night. Oh, hear that pattering shower I Haste, hoy — this gloomy hour Demands relief; the cheerful... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...as I came into my study, set down, in the above careless way, the real circumstance of the moment. "Tis winter, cold and rude, Heap, heap the warming wood ; The wild wind hums the sullen song to night. Oh hear that pattering shower ! Haste boy — this gloomy hour Demands relief;... | |
 | 1819 - 504 pages
...stranger." From the London Time'i Teletcope, for Dec. 1818. THE NATURALIST'S DIARY, IF DECEMBER. 'Tit winter, cold and rude, Heap, heap the warming wood ; The wild wind hums the sullen song to night. Oh, hear that pattering shower ! Haste, boy— thii gloomy hour Demand] relief... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1845 - 480 pages
...moan, Roves on his weary way dejected and alone ! S. SHERIF. North Skieldt. i CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS. 'Tis Winter, cold and rude, Heap, heap the warming wood; The wild wind hums his sullen song to-night ; Oh, hear that pattering shower ! Haste, boy ! — this gloomy hour Demands relief ; the cheerful... | |
 | Popular poetry - English poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...the opening year, — 1 listen, and it cheers me long. Longfellow. A WINTER EVENING IN THE LIBRARY. "Tis Winter, cold and rude, Heap, heap the warming...wood ! The wild wind hums his sullen song to-night, Oh, hear that pattering shower! Haste, boy ! — this gloomy hour Demands relief; the cheerful tapers... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...vengeance due : Empire is on us bestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you." A WINTER EVENING IN THE LIBRARY. er rushed: his eyes on tire In lightnings owned his...secret stings ; In one rude clash he struck the lyre Oh, hear that pattering shower! Haste, boy ! — this gloomy hour Demands relief; the cheerful tapers... | |
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