 | Swan Sonnenschein (and co, ltd.) - 1884 - 208 Seiten
...shepherd heaves a sigh, For see a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, 10 Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. Hark how the chairs and...the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are seeming nigh. 15 How restless are the snorting swine ; The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1884 - 360 Seiten
...rainbow spans the sky : The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. 10 Hark how the chairs and tables crack ! Old Betty's...the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are seeming nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ; 15 The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 458 Seiten
...a rainbow spans the sky. The walla are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpcrnell. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud quacks the duck, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 460 Seiten
...a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpcrnell. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud quacks the duck, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless arc the snorting... | |
 | 1885 - 692 Seiten
...sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bea, The moon in huios hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For...Hark how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's bones are on the rack. Her corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her lied untimely sent her.... | |
 | Cornelius Benjamin Fox - 1886 - 622 Seiten
...embody in a few lines of verse, " On the Signs of Rain," the effects of this atmospheric change — " Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack." The decrease of the pressure of the air which generally accompanies an excessive hygrometric condition... | |
 | 1875 - 780 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... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1890 - 884 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... | |
 | K. L. Armstrong - 1889 - 460 Seiten
...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'sjoints are on the rack; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking... | |
 | Thomas Lauder Brunton - 1892 - 216 Seiten
...nevertheless I will restrict myself to quoting the lines directly bearing on this subject. He says — " Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; The frog has lost his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is drest." The experiments of Lister and... | |
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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... 
