 | Karl Ortseifen, Winfried Herget, Holger Lamm - 1993 - 274 Seiten
...army of rats that were drawing near. For they have swum over the river so deep, And they have climbed the shores so steep; And up the tower their way is bent, To do the work for which they were sent. Down on his knees the bishop fell, And faster and faster his beads did he tell, As louder and louder,... | |
 | Geoff Barton - 1998 - 138 Seiten
...army of rats that was drawing near. For they have swum over the river so deep, And they have climb'd the shores so steep, And up the tower their way is...the dozen or score; By thousands they come, and by myriads and more; Such numbers had never been heard of before, Such a judgement had never been witness'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 Seiten
...the Bishop he grew more fearful for that, For she sat screaming, mad with fear At the Army of Rats that were drawing near. For they have swam over the river so deep, And they have climbed the shores so steep. And up the tower their way is bent, To do the work for which they were... | |
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that were drawing near. For they have swam over the river so deep, And they have clinib'd the shores so steep, And up the Tower their way is bent, To do the work for which they were sent. They are not to be told by the dozen or score ; By thousands they... 
