 | Quotations - 1887 - 458 pages
...night; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air. And where the woodbine sheds upon the porch Its crimson leaves, as if the year stood there, Firing the floor with his inverted... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by — passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where the woodbine sheds upon the porch Its crimson leaves, as if the year stood there Firing the floor with his inverted... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1888 - 60 pages
...The spiders wove their thin shrouds night by night; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, L_ Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where the woodbine shed upon the porch THE NEW PUBLIC LÏL-Ï^RY • ASTOK, L~.N \f « TILDF.N R THE CLOSING SCENE. Amid all this, the centre... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1889 - 702 pages
...night ; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where...scene, The white-haired matron, with monotonous tread, She had known Sorrow, — he had walked with her, Oft supped and broke the bitter ashen crust ; And... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 706 pages
...night; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where the woodbine shed upon the porch Amid all this, the centre of the scene, The white-haired matron, with monotonous tread, Plied the swift... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1890 - 426 pages
...night ; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where...and, with her joyless mien, Sat, like a Fate, and watched the flying thread. She had known Sorrow, — he had walked with her, Oft supped and broke the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 482 pages
...night ; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where...if the Year stood there Firing the floor with his in verted torch ; Amid all this, the centre of the scene, The white-haired matron with monotonous tread,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 458 pages
...night ; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air. And where...crimson leaves, as if the Year stood there Firing the floorwith his inverted torch ; Amid all this, the centre of the scene, The white-haired matron with... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 548 pages
...; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by — passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where the woodbine sheds upon the porch Its crimson leaves, as if the year stood there Firing the floor with his inverted... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1893 - 132 pages
...night; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where...wheel, and with her joyless mien, Sat, like a Fate, and watched the flying thread. She had known Sorrow; he had walked with her, Oft supped and broke the bitter... | |
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There was no bud, no bloom upon the bowers; The spiders wove their thin shrouds night by night; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where the woodbine... 
