God makes sech nights, all white an’ still
  Fur ’z you can look or listen;
Moonshine an’ snow on field an’ hill,
  All silence an’ all glisten.

Zekle crep’ up quite unbeknown
  An’ peeked in thru’ the winder,
An’ there sot Huldy all alone,
  ’Ith no one nigh to hender.

A fireplace filled the room’s one side,
  With...