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
| Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...seems to have in it the elements of vitality. Moore bore the title of LL.D. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. / bo there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced through... | |
| William Swinton - 1883 - 504 pages
...midnight visions sweep, Spare, spare, O spare thine evening meal, 123. — & Visit from St. Nicholas. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through...in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads ; And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
| George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 pages
...back Xerxes, nor christianized the world, nor abolished slavery. (269.) A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. Twas the night before Christmas, when all through...in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads ; And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
| William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...And sweet shall be thy sleep ! 123.- A Visit from St. Nicholas. 'Twas the night before Christinas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring,...in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads ; And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
| Carolina Fernandez - 2003 - 228 pages
...foods, customs, and rituals that may expand your world view and enrich your children's heritage. 'Twos the night before Christmas, when all through the house...care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. Clement Clarke Moore CELEBRATING SPRING AND EASTER Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box... | |
| Thomas Carper, Derek Attridge - 2003 - 184 pages
...American poem, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," published anonymously in 1823. Try reading this aloud: 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through...stirring - not even a mouse; The stockings were hung with care In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. Because the third line is too short, it's... | |
| Robert A. Yelle - 2003 - 212 pages
...end of a line of verse: eg, "A man's home is his castle," or "Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." The poetic function projects relations that constitute part of the code of language into the text of language,... | |
| George E Abbas - 2003 - 205 pages
...hope that you'll be there. SITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS October 17,1978 *Twas the night before Christmas And all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse. But this is a time for drawing from pasts, A time for jiving pussycats. A raucous "Silent Night" offending... | |
| Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...by, To fill the paste that's a-kneading. ROBERT HERRICK ENGLISH (1591-1674) A Visit from St. Nicholas 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through...in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
| Mimi Tribble - 2004 - 742 pages
...Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick 1 A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS BY CLEMENT CLARKE MOOKI was the night before Christmas, when all through the house...in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
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