Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 150
d the fire, so w^ell suppHed,Crackled up the chimney wide ;And slumbrous was the hot fireside. Then the spinning-wheel went round,With a dreamy, buzzing sound ;For the sheets and table-linenWere of the good housewifes spinning,And the village-weaver made.At his loom, sufficient trade. Then the… … Then the chamber-windows bore Fan-like leaves and branchings hoar; And the water in a trice, In the ewer, was solid ice. Then hands were chapped and noses red; And folks were even cold in bed. Till their teeth chattered in their head. 144 OLD-FASHIONED WINTER. Then the famished birds were tame,And…
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