 Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a...  Mark Twain's Library of Humor - Page 981888 - 707 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1911 - 588 pages
...Doric. Hulda, as one of its characters, appears in the following verse from that poem : — Zekle crop' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Iliildy all alone. With no one nigh to bender. JG CCPPLES. Brookline, Massachusetts. THE AMERICAS NATIONAL... | |
 | 1853 - 516 pages
...read what Parson Wilbur, in the " Biglow Papers," calls a New England " pastoral:"— THE COURTIN". " Zekle crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. " Agin' the ehimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's arm thet gran'ther Young... | |
 | 1853 - 504 pages
...Papers," calls a New England " pastoral : " — THE COCETDT. " Zeklc crop" up, quite unbeknown. An' pecked in thru the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, "ith no one nigh to hender. " Agin' the chimbly crooknccks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's arm thet gran'ther Young... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pages
...kitchen all alone, peeling apples by the firelight. The piece has the finish of a Dutch picture : — Zekle crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted, The old queen's arm thet gran'ther Young... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - 474 pages
...my kiss woe given to her sister Folded close ишЧг deepening snow. тнж coc rraf . Zeklo crop* up. quite unbeknown, An* peeked in thru the winder. An' there sot Huldy nil alone, 'ith no one nigh to bender. Agin* the ehimbly erookneeks hung, An* in amongst 'em rusted... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 700 pages
...An' this '11 keep the people green To feed ez they have fed me. THE COURTIIS"'. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. ZEKLE crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in among 'em rusted The ole.queen's arm thet gran'ther Young... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 720 pages
...this 'll keep the people green To feed ez they have fed me. THE COURTIN'. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. ZCKLB crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru the winder, An there cot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to header. Agin' the ehimbly crooknocks hung, An' in among 'em... | |
 | James Parton - 1857 - 706 pages
...An' this 'll keep the people green To feed ez they have fed me. THE COTTRTIN'. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. ZEKLE crep' up, quite unbeknown, An' peeked in thru...An there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to bender. Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in among 'em rusted The ole queen's arm thet gran'ther... | |
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