 | Alfred Reichert - 1912 - 152 Seiten
...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster And as the firelight fell He read the Book where in the master Had writ of „Üttle Nell". etc. Harte ging als 15 jähriger Junge nach... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1914 - 372 Seiten
...hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure, To hear the tale anew ; And then, while round them shadows gathered faster, And as the firelight fell, 15 He read aloud the book wherein the Master Had writ of "Little Nell." Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy,... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 360 Seiten
...some spell divine — Their cares dropped from them like the needles shaken From out the gusty pine. He read aloud the book wherein the Master Had writ of "Little Nell" Lost is that camp, and wasted all its fire; s0 And he who wrought that spell? — • Ah, towering... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1915 - 730 Seiten
...fierce race for wealth ; Till one arose, and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew, 10 And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall ; 20 The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While the whole camp... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1915 - 730 Seiten
...hoarded volume drew, ]0 And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew ; And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall ; 20 The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While the whole camp... | |
 | 1916 - 736 Seiten
...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...And as the firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherin the Master Had writ of "Little Nell." Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy, — for the reader Was youngest... | |
 | Williams Haynes - 1917 - 278 Seiten
...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...Master Had writ of "Little Nell." Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy—for the reader Was youngest of them all— But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar... | |
 | 1918 - 2062 Seiten
...hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure, To hear the tale anew. t A certain shape, I wist. "A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared and neared: ever}' spray, While the whole camp, with "Nell," on English meadows Wandered and lost their way. And... | |
 | Ella Sterling Mighels - 1918 - 520 Seiten
...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew; And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...— But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar 324 LITERARY CALIFORNIA The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While... | |
 | Ella Sterling Mighels - 1918 - 432 Seiten
...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew; And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...— But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While the whole camp, with... | |
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... painted The ruddy tints of health On haggard face and form that drooped and fainted In the fierce race for wealth; Till one arose, and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear... 
