| 1888 - 564 էջ
...Coffin"; bat the teacher referred to in ' Snow Bound,' Brisk vichlcr of tie birch and rule, with a face Fresh-hued and fair where scarce appeared The uncertain prophecy of beard, "was a student from Dartmouth College. Which is right, your correspondent or the editor (or editress,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 էջ
...The welcome of thy beckoning hand ? Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place, Its warm...what befalls In classic Dartmouth's college halls. 34 Born the wild Northern hills among, From whence his yeoman father wrung By patient toil subsistence... | |
| Henry Martyn Burt - 1867 - 294 էջ
...awaken pl^sant memories in many minds : "Brisk wielder of>the birch and rule, The master of the district school, Held at the fire, his favored place, Its warm...uncertain prophecy of beard. He played the old and simple ganfes Our modern boyhood scarcely names, Sang songs, and told us what befalls In classic Dartmouth's... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 էջ
...XXV.— THE SCHOOLMASTER. JG WHITTIER. 1. Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place ; Its warm...scarce appeared The uncertain prophecy of beard. He teased the mitten-blinded cat, Played cross-pins on my uncle's hat, Sang songs, and told us what befalls... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 էջ
...XXV.—THE SCHOOLMASTER. JG WHITTIER. 1. Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place, Its warm...scarce appeared The uncertain prophecy of beard. He teased the mitten-blinded cat, Played cross-pins on my uncle's hat, Sang songs, and told us what befalls... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 76 էջ
...The welcome of thy beckoning hand ? Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place ; Its warm...scarce appeared The uncertain prophecy of beard. He teased the mitten-blinded cat, Played' cross-pins on my uncle's hat, Sang songs, and told us what befalls... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 էջ
...against the evening star, 290 SNOW-BOUND. Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place, Its warm...scarce appeared The uncertain prophecy of beard. He teased the mitten-blinded cat, Played cross-pins on my uncle's hat, Sang song.-i, and told us what... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 էջ
...The welcome of thy beckoning hand t Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place, Its warm...scarce appeared The uncertain prophecy of beard. He teased the mitten-blinded cat, Played cross-pins on my uncle's hat, Sang songs, and told us what befalls... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 500 էջ
...From whence his yeoman father wrunf Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place, Its warm...laughing face Fresh-hued and fair, where scarce appeared By patient toil subsistence scant, Not competence and yet not want, He early gained the power to pay... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 316 էջ
...The weleome of thy beckoning hand ? Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the district school Held at the fire his favored place, Its warm...scarce appeared The uncertain prophecy of beard. He teased the mitten-blinded cat. Played cross-pins on my uncle's hat, Sang songs, and told us what befalls... | |
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