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" As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in the old Colonial day, When men lived in a grander way, With ampler hospitality ; A kind of old Hobgoblin Hall, Now somewhat fallen to decay, With weather-stains upon the wall, And stairways... "
The Collector: Essays on Books, Newspapers, Pictures, Inns, Authors, Doctors ... - Page 48
by Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 353 pages
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The Illustrated Magazine, Volumes 17-18

Literature - 1864 - 764 pages
...the leaves Of woodbine hanging from the eaves, Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient in this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in...doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled, and tall." The autumn wind moans without, and dashes in gusts against the windows...
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The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow, Volume 3

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...fire-light through the leaves Of woodbine, hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may...stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven_floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall. A region of repose it seems, A place of slumber...
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Tales of a Wayside Inn

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1863 - 310 pages
...eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may tie, Built in the old Colonial day, When men lived in a...ampler hospitality ; A kind of old Hobgoblin Hall, x Now somewhat fallen to decay, With weather-stains upon the wall, And stairways worn, and crazy doors,...
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Tales of a Wayside Inn

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Military art and science - 1864 - 254 pages
...fire-light through the leaves Of woodbine, hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may...doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall. A region of repose it seems, A place of slumber and of dreams, Remote among...
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The complete poetical works [&c.].

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...fire-light through the leaves Of woodbine, hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may...doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall. A region of repose it seems, A place of slumber and of dreams, Remote among...
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Illinois Teacher: Devoted to Education, Science and Free Schools, Volume 10

Education - 1864 - 568 pages
...firelight through the leaves Of woodbine, hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may...doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled, and tall. A region of repose it seems, A place of slumber and of dreams, Remote among...
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Tales of a Wayside Inn

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1864 - 232 pages
...fire-light through the leaves Of woodbine, hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may...old Hobgoblin Hall, Now somewhat fallen to decay, i With weather-stains upon the wall, And stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven floors,...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 29

1864 - 382 pages
...Every line brings out a feature of the ancient hostelry. There it stands, a relic of Colonial days, With weather-stains upon the wall, And stairways worn,...doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall. How well the secluded country tavern is painted in the lines : — For there...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...fire-light through the leaves Of woodhine, hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, liuilt in the old Colomal day, When men lived in a grander way, With ampler hospitality; A kind of...
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The later poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 20 pages
...fire-light through the leaves Of woodbine, hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may...doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall. A region of repose it seems, A place of slumber and of dreams, Remote among...
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