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VIII.
AT HOME.
The night was wide, and furnished scant
With but a single star,
That often as a cloud it met
Blew out itself for fear.
With but a single star,
That often as a cloud it met
Blew out itself for fear.
The wind pursued the little bush,
And drove away the leaves
November left; then clambered up
And fretted in the eaves.
And drove away the leaves
November left; then clambered up
And fretted in the eaves.
No squirrel went abroad;
A dog's belated feet
Like intermittent plush were heard
Adown the empty street.
A dog's belated feet
Like intermittent plush were heard
Adown the empty street.
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To feel if blinds be fast,
And closer to the fire
Her little rocking-chair to draw,
And shiver for the poor,
And closer to the fire
Her little rocking-chair to draw,
And shiver for the poor,
The housewife's gentle task.
“How pleasanter,” said she
Unto the sofa opposite,
“The sleet than May—no thee!”
“How pleasanter,” said she
Unto the sofa opposite,
“The sleet than May—no thee!”
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