such gatherings in country homes.

(PAGE 56.)

FOR THE

WINTER-EVENING FIRESIDE.

BY

WILLIAM WIRT SIKES.

"When icicles hang by the wall,

And DICK, the shepherd, blows his nail,

And Toм bears logs into the hall,

And milk comes frozen home in pail."

SHAKSPEARE.

INGALLS & HADDOCK :

OFFICE OF THE NEW-YORK REFORMER, WATERTOWN, N. Y.

1858.