...gloaming, And busily all .the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear...earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch-deep with pearl. From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, 10 The stiff...

...white," (b) " muffled crow " ? 3. Indicate the emphatic words and rhetorical pauses in the following : " And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl." 4. Of what modulations is the voice capable ? 5. Give (a) examples to show that a change of accent...

...response, positive or negative. We thus ensnare even the tamely figurative lines from "The First Snowfall": Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl — while at the same time fencing out, for example, the application of the word cat to the Siamese...

...gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear...new-roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled crow, e stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, And still fluttered down the snow. stood and watched by...

...grey-flannel suit and black homburg. James Russell Lowe said it so well when he penned these words: Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an Earl And the poorest twig on the elm tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. The current "fad" has brought a change of lifestyle to our...