{"product_id":"2940151564236","title":"Snow-Bound","description":"Snow-Bound is John Whittier's nostalgic remembrance of being completely snowed-in with his family in 1866 as a snowstorm rages outside. Trapped in their home for a week, the family members gathered around the hearth and exchange stories by their roaring fire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShut in from all the world without,\u003cbr\u003eWe sat the clean-winged hearth about,\u003cbr\u003eContent to let the north-wind roar\u003cbr\u003eIn baffled rage at pane and door,\u003cbr\u003eWhile the red logs before us beat\u003cbr\u003eThe frost line back with tropic heat;\u003cbr\u003eAnd ever, when a louder blast\u003cbr\u003eShook beam and rafter as it passed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsidered Whittier's masterwork, \"Snow-Bound\" is lovingly dedicated to \"The Household It Describes\" and prefaced by quotations from Ralph Waldo Emerson's \"The Snow Storm,\" and the Renaissance occultist Cornelius Agrippa on the powers of sunlight and firelight over \"Spirits of Darkness.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807–1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, Whittier was heavily influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.","brand":"Newingtons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075998105840,"sku":"2940151564236","price":3.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151564236_p0.jpg?v=1764012281","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151564236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}