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 48by Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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