 | 1824 - 452 Seiten
...a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernell. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud <juack the ducks, thepeacocks cry ; The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting... | |
 | 1863 - 376 Seiten
...crawling o'er the green ; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh ; Hark, how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; And see yon rooks how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall... | |
 | Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 Seiten
...sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the light red pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack : Her corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely send her. Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | 1831 - 584 Seiten
...sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky! The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack;...peacocks cry,. The distant hills are looking nigh; u 6 How restless are the snorting swine ; . • -*.,ii. , , The busy flies disturb the kine. The cricket... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 264 Seiten
...crawling o'er the green; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh; Hark, how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite Or seem precipitate to fall... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernell. Hark! how the chairs and tables era''* . Old Betty's joints are on the rack Loud quack the ducks, the pe r ^cks cry; The distant hills are lookin' .igh. How restless are the sn<~ ug swine ! The busy flies... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 Seiten
...sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack: Her corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely send her. Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 Seiten
...glass is low ; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs creep. Hark 1 how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; • Loud quack the ducks,the peacocks cry ) The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine! The... | |
 | 1836 - 98 Seiten
...rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the light red pimpernel. Hark Í how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack : lier corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely Bend her. Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 Seiten
...sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The walls are damp, the ditches smell ; Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs...tables crack ! Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Her corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely sent her. Loud quack the ducks,... | |
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The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky ; The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack... 
