Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there... A School Reader - Page 131by Fanny E. Coe - 1908Full view - About this book
| Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...dead ! THE VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS. jrn WAS the night before Christmas, when all through thehonse _1_ Not a creature was stirring — not even a mouse:...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In the hope that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While... | |
| 1919 - 902 pages
...— to American children, at least — is that which begins • 'Twas the night before Christmaa, and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." The author of this poem, Clement C. Moore, lies buried in Trinity Cemetery, at Broadway and 155th Street,... | |
| 1871 - 902 pages
...'Twas the night before Christmas, when »II through the house Not a creature was stirring, not eren a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with...in their beds. While visions of sugar-plums danced in their hen And mamma in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled our brains for a lung winter... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 pages
...creature was stirring — not even a mouse : The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In the hope that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children...all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums dauced in their heads, And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...and leave good gifts behind. Little Bell, for thee ! " THOMAS WESTWOOD. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. age ; Thestockingswerc hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there :... | |
| 1872 - 900 pages
...and leave good gifts behind, Little Bell, for thee ! " THOMAS WESTWOOD. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. monse ; The stockings werehungbythe chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there... | |
| Nathan Boughton Warren - 1872 - 310 pages
...Christmas-eve, inspired, doubtless, by the near approach of St. Nicholas, and the witching hour — When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse." He sang — or perhaps I dreamed that he sang ; for, as I said before, I was in a state between sleeping... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...oh ! Orator Puff, One voice for an orator 's surely enough! A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. [Thomas Moon. 'TwAs the night before Christmas, when all through...visions of sugar-plums danced through their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap; When... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 pages
...and I have composed them al as carefully and correctly as I could." A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. 'T WAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house...stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by thechimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all... | |
| Oliver Optic - 1868 - 868 pages
...(awl through the) (house), (knot) a crea (tea) (ewer) w (ass) tir (ring), (note) ven a (mouse) — 'Twas the night before Christmas, when, all through...house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. 943. I. Wrap. 2. Rotunda. 3. Imp. 4. Tame. 5. Enter — WRITE, PAPER. 944. Regal, lager, glare. 945.... | |
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