Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By RichardHovey

1538 Dartmouth Winter-Song

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,

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

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,

And the cup is at the lip

In the pledge of fellowship.

Skoal!