| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1538. Dartmouth Winter-Song |
| | | By Richard Hovey |
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| HO, a song by the fire! | |
| (Pass the pipes, fill the bowl!) | |
| Ho, a song by the fire! | |
| —With a skoal!… | |
| For the wolf wind is whining in the doorways, | 5 |
| And the snow drifts deep along the road, | |
| And the ice-gnomes are marching from their Norways, | |
| And the great white cold walks abroad. | |
| (Boo-oo-o! pass the bowl!) | |
| For here by the fire | 10 |
| We defy frost and storm. | |
| Ha, ha! we are warm | |
| And we have our hearts’ desire; | |
| For here ’s four good fellows | |
| And the beechwood and the bellows, | 15 |
| And the cup is at the lip | |
| In the pledge of fellowship. | |
| Skoal! | |
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