He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. Selections from the American Poets - Page 282by William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
| Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...look'd like a pedlar just opening his pack ; His eyes— how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry ! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on bis chin was white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled... | |
| John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...looked like a pedler just opening his pack ; His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples how merry, His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow ; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke... | |
| Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 520 pages
...C. Moore, is one of the most appropriate passages of the New- Yorlc Book. THE SAINT OF MANNAHATTA. His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And...beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump oi* a pipe he held tight in bis teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...pack. His eyes — how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry ! His cheeks were like roses, his noso like a cherry; His droll little mouth was drawn up...the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The s'ump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had... | |
| John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...looked like a pedler just opening his pack ; His eyes — how they twmkled! his dimples how merry, His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow ; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes — how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow ; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes — how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;...like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as tj^e snow; The stump of his pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...looked like a peddler just opening his pack ; His eyes, how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as whit'e as the snow, The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke... | |
| Howard Paul - American wit and humor - 1852 - 286 pages
...he looked like a pedlar just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry ! His cheeks were like roses — his nose like a cherry...encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, arid a little round belly, That shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly j He was chubby and... | |
| Humorous recitations - 1853 - 404 pages
...looked like a peddler just opening his pack ; His eyes— how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry, His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke... | |
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