| John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - Children's literature - 1870 - 884 pages
...you are, — 112 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl ! How wonderful sweet you sing ! O let us be married, — too long we have tarried, — But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away for a year and a day To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - Children - 1871 - 292 pages
...You are, What a beautiful Pussy you are ! " Pussy said to the Owl, " Yon elegant fowl ! How wonderful sweet you sing ! O let us be married, — too long we have tarried, — But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away for a year and a day To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in... | |
| Edward Lear - Alphabet rhymes - 1871 - 178 pages
...THE PUSSY-CAT. II. Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing ! Oh ! let us be married ; too long we have tarried : But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the bong-tree grows ; And there... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - Recitations - 1871 - 200 pages
...beautiful Pussy you are ! " Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl ! How wonderful sweet you sing ! 0, let us be married, — too long we have tarried, — But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away for a year and a day To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in... | |
| 1871 - 400 pages
...you are, You are, You are ! What n beautiful Pussy you are '." Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl ! How charmingly sweet you sing ! O let us be married ! too long have we tarried ; But what shall we do for a ring?" They Mailed away, for a year and a day. To the... | |
| Readers - 1872 - 232 pages
...are — What a beautiful Pussy you are ! " Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl ! How wonderful sweet you sing ! O, let us be married, — too long we have tarried, — But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away for a year and a day To the land where the Bong-tree grows, * In the original,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - Animals - 1872 - 296 pages
...beautiful Pussy you are ! " Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl ! How wonderful sweet you sing ! i) let us be married, — too long we have tarried, — But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away for a year and a day To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in... | |
| Edward Lear - Alphabet rhymes - 1872 - 200 pages
...Pussy you are ! " II. Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl ! How charmingly sweet you sing ! CHet us be married ! too long we have tarried But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in... | |
| Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...You are, What a beautiful Pussy you are ! " Pussy said to the Owl, " You elegant fowl ! How wonderful sweet you sing ! O let us be married, — too long we have tarried, — = But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away for a year and a day To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in... | |
| American literature - 1875 - 220 pages
...beautiful pussy you are!" Pussy said to the owl: " You elegant fowl, How wonderful sweet you sing ! Oh, let us be married, too long we have tarried, But what shall we do for a ring?" They sailed away, for a year and a day, To land where the Bong tree grows, And there in a wood... | |
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