 Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing. And step for step they followed dancing, Until they came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and perished — Save one who, stout as...  A Little Book of Light Verse - Pagina 1001902 - 193 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagine
...carry (As he the manuscript he cherished) To rat-land home his commentary, Which was: " At the tirst shrill notes of the pipe, I heard a sound as of scraping...Into a cider-press's gripe — And a moving away of pickle-tubboanls, And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards. And a drawing the corks of train-oilflasks.... | |
 | 1865 - 820 pagine
...came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and perished ! — Save one who, stout as Julius Ccesar, Swam across and lived to carry (As he, the manuscript...Into a cider-press's gripe : And a moving away of pickle-tub boards, And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards, And a drawing the corks of train-oil flasks,... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pagine
...to the river Weser, Wherein all plunged and perished z 2 — Save one, who stout as Julius Caesar, Swam across and lived to carry ( As he the manuscript...away of pickletub-boards, ' And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards, ' And a drawing the corks of train-oil flasks, ' And a breaking the hoops of butter-casks;... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pagine
...came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and perished — Save one who, stout as Julius Csesar, Swam across and lived to carry (As he the manuscript...away of pickle-tub-boards, " And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards, " And a drawing the corks of train-oil-flasks, " And a breaking the hoops of butter-casks... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pagine
...came to the River Weser Wherein all plunged and perished — Save one, who, stout as Julius Ctesar, Swam across and lived to carry (As he the manuscript...Into a cider-press's gripe : " And a moving away of picklc-tub-boards, " And a leaving ajar of conserve cupboards, " And a drawing the corks of train-oil-flasks,... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pagine
...came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and perished — Save one who, stout as Julius Cassar, Swam across, and lived to carry (As he the manuscript...scraping tripe, And putting apples, wondrous ripe, Into a cider -press's gripe : And a moving away of pickle-tub-boards, And a leaving ajar of conserve cupboards,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pagine
...they came to the River 'Weser, Wherein all plunged and perished Save one, who, stout as Julius Caesar, Swam across, and lived to carry (As he the manuscript he cherished) To Bat-land home his commentary, Which was, " At the first shrill notes of the pipe, I heard a sound as... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pagine
...they came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and perished, Save one, who stout as Julius Caesar, Swam across, and lived to carry (As he the manuscript...scraping tripe, And putting apples wondrous ripe Into a cider press's gripe ; And a moving away of pickle-tub boards, And a leaving ajar of conserve cupboards,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 pagine
...came to the river Weser, Wherein all plunged and perished — Save one, who, stout as Julius Cajsar, Swam across and lived to carry (As he the manuscript he cherished) To Bat-land home his commentary, Which was, " At the first shrill notes of the pipe, " I heard a sound... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pagine
...came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and perished — Save one who, stout as Julius Caesar, Swam across and lived to carry (As he the manuscript...moving away of pickle-tub-boards, And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards, And a drawing the corks of train-oil-flasks, And a breaking the hoops of butter-casks... | |
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