 | 1828 - 658 էջ
...and will be, by the well-known strain of our midnight visitant : — • And who but listen'di — till was paid Respect to every inmate's claim ; The greeting given, the music play'd, In honour of each household name, Duly pronounced, with lusty call, And Merry Christmas wish'd... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 896 էջ
...Laurels, thick with leaves, Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest...air, But could not freeze Nor check the music of the strinbs ; So stout and hardy were the band That scrap'd the chords w!th strenuous hands. And wl,, 1... | |
 | 1820 - 872 էջ
...Laurels, thick with leaves, Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest...with folded wings ; Keen was the air, but could not frccza Nor check the music of the strings ; So stout and hardy were the band That scrap'd the chords... | |
 | 1828 - 334 էջ
...been, and is, and will be, by the well-known strain of our midnight visitant:— ' And who but listen'd ?—till was paid Respect to every inmate's claim; The greeting given, the music play'd, In honour of each household name, And Merry Christmas wish'd to all!' Such is his greeting,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 էջ
...Laurels, thick with leaves, Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest with folded wings : Keen was the air, but;could not freeze Nor check the music bf the strings ; So stout and hardy were the band That scraped... | |
 | 1832 - 952 էջ
...rich ami dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every bree/e Had sunk to rest with folded wings : Keen was the air, but could not free«, Nor check the music of tho strings ; So »tout and hardy were the band That scraped the chords... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 414 էջ
...dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every breeze Had sank to rest with folded wings ; Keen was the air, but could not freeze Nor check the music of their strings; voi» ir. M So stoat and hard; were the band That scraped the chords with strenuous... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 652 էջ
...sank to rest with folded wings ; Keen was the air but could not freeze Nor check the music of their strings ; So stout and hardy were the band That scraped...inmate's claim; The greeting given, the music played, In honour of each household name, Duly pronounced with lusty call, And " merry Christmas " wished to all... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 568 էջ
...laurels, thick with leaves, Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. " ' Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest...the air, but could not freeze Nor check the music of their strings ; So stout and hardy were the band That scraped the chords witli strenuous hand. " '... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840 - 392 էջ
...laurels, thick with leaves, Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest with folded wings : Keen was the air, but muld notfreexe, Nor check the music of the strings; So stout and hardy were the band That scraped the... | |
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While, smitten by a lofty moon, The encircling laurels, thick with leaves, Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest with folded wings : Keen was the air, but could... 
