 Miles Standish took the bowl, and filled it to the brim ; The little Captain stood and stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never feared, — He...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 7edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 458 pages
...at least a hundred loads. " 'T was on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and filled it to the...stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged abont the board. '' He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 438 pages
...at least a hundred loads. " 'T was on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and filled it to the...stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. ' ' He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American literature - 1892 - 492 pages
...was on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, lien brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and The little Captain stood and stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never feared,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 500 pages
...eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and ON LENDING A PUNCH-BOWL The little Captain stood and stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never feared,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 504 pages
...'Twaa on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and The little Captain stood and stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never feared,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 310 pages
...was on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and The little Captain stood and stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never feared,... | |
 | David Hoekzema - English poetry - 1893 - 368 pages
...hand, at least a hundred loads. 'Twas on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl , and filled it to the...stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in , — the man that never feared... | |
 | Arthur Beaman Simonds - American poetry - 1894 - 344 pages
...hand, at least a hundred l ads. 'T was on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and filled it to the...stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in,—the man that never feared,—... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American poetry - 1895 - 390 pages
...hand, at least a hundred loads. 'Twas on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and filled it to the...stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never feared,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 470 pages
...hand, at least a hundred loads. 'Twas on a dreary winter's eve, the night was closing dim, When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and filled it to the...stirred the posset with his sword, And all his sturdy men-at-arms were ranged about the board. He poured the fiery Hollands in, — the man that never feared,... | |
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