Snow-Bound

It was after the Civil War that he wrote “Snow-Bound.”

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

It was after the Civil War that he wrote “Snow-Bound.”

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

WHITTIER WAS A NINETEENTH-CENTURY POET who wrote a once-famous four-beater about a blizzard, called “Snow-Bound.”

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

WHITTIER WAS A NINETEENTH-CENTURY POET who wrote a once-famous four-beater about a blizzard, called “Snow-Bound.”

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

Here, by the way, is an interesting piece about "Snowbound": Awaking from a Snow-Bound State

Let it snow ... Frank Wilson 2006

Here is a selection from John Greenleaf Whittier's classic poem "Snow-Bound":

National Poetry Month Recommendation: American Poets Project & Everyman's Library Pocket Poets series 2007

I'm partial to "Snow-Bound" because one of my favorite Upper Michigan bookstores took its name from the poem.

National Poetry Month Recommendation: American Poets Project & Everyman's Library Pocket Poets series 2007

Another fine example is found in Whittier's _Snow-Bound_:

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

To know that _Snow-Bound_ is a description of Whittier's own home, that the people about the fireside are his own parents, brothers, sisters, and that he paints them with a loving touch after all but the one brother have passed to the other side, is to make the poem appeal to our emotions with an intensity which the beautiful lines alone could not effect.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

Whittier did not write as much for children as Longfellow did, but his _Snow-Bound_ is a classic that every child will love if he is helped a little in reading it.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester