 | Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 316 頁
...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,...firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherein the master Has writ of ' little Nell.' Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy — for the reader Was youngest of them all,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1894
...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,...them all, — But, as he read, from clustering pine anh cedar A silence seemed to fall; The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896
...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... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1896
...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,...wherein the Master Had writ of « Little Nell." Perhaps 't was boyish fancy, — for the reader Was youngest of them all, — But, as he read, from clustering... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1899
...listless leisure To hear the tale anew ; Poems. By Bret Harte (Boston : Osgood & Co. 1871), pp. 32-5. | Dickens And then, while round them shadows gathered...spray, While the whole camp, with "Nell" on English meadowsy Wandered and lost their way : And so in mountain solitudes — o'ertaken As by some spell... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - 1897 - 576 頁
...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....gathering closer in the shadows. Listened in every spray, COMMIT TO MEMORY. 513 While the whole camp, with "Nell" on English meadows, Wandered and lost their... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 544 頁
...were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while shadows Vound them gathered faster. And as the firelight fell, He read...Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy, — for the reader Was the youngest of them all, — But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall.... | |
 | Longman (Firm) - 1897 - 282 頁
...of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. 4. And then, while round them shadows gather'd faster, 5. Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy, — for the reader Was...clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall ; 6. The fir trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While the whole camp... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1899 - 321 頁
...firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherein the Master Had writ of " Little Nell." Perhaps 't was boyish fancy, — for the reader Was youngest of them...While the whole camp with " Nell " on English meadows And so in mountain solitudes — o'ertaken As by some spell divine — Their cares dropped from them... | |
 | Ella Reeve Ware - 1899 - 230 頁
...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,...book wherein the Master Had writ of "Little Nell." "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... 
