“Shut in from all the world without,We sat the clean-winged hearth about,Content to let the north-wind roarIn baffled rage at pane and door,While the red logs before us beatThe frost-line back with tropic heat;And ever when a louder blastShook beam and rafter as it passed,The merrier up its roaring draughtThe great throat of the chimney laughed,
“Shut in from all the world without,We sat the clean-winged hearth about,Content to let the north-wind roarIn baffled rage at pane and door,While the red logs before us beatThe frost-line back with tropic heat;And ever when a louder blastShook beam and rafter as it passed,The merrier up its roaring draughtThe great throat of the chimney laughed,
“Shut in from all the world without,We sat the clean-winged hearth about,Content to let the north-wind roarIn baffled rage at pane and door,While the red logs before us beatThe frost-line back with tropic heat;And ever when a louder blastShook beam and rafter as it passed,The merrier up its roaring draughtThe great throat of the chimney laughed,
“Shut in from all the world without,
We sat the clean-winged hearth about,
Content to let the north-wind roar
In baffled rage at pane and door,
While the red logs before us beat
The frost-line back with tropic heat;
And ever when a louder blast
Shook beam and rafter as it passed,
The merrier up its roaring draught
The great throat of the chimney laughed,