 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 pages
...lies Cock Robin, Dead and cold, Who kill'd Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow, COCK ROBIN. Who saw him die? I, said the Fly, With my little eye, Who caught his blood? I, said the Fish, With my little dish, COCK ROBIN. Who'll make his shroud? I,... | |
 | John Bellenden Ker - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...line is a sort of ritornello, the words of which are as the echo of the first line, already explained. Who saw him die ? I, said the fly, With my little eye ; And I saw him die. Woe safe hemme d'Hye ; Ei ! sie Heyd de fel Haeye ; Wijse mefe lij t' Hel-Haeye.... | |
 | John Bellenden Ker - 1837 - 334 pages
...line is a sort of ritnniello, the words of which are as the echo of the first line, already explained. Who saw him die ? I, said the fly, With my little eye ; And I saw him die. Woe safe hemme d'Hye ; Ei ! sie Heyd de fel Haeye ; Wijse mefe lij t' Hel-Haeye.... | |
 | James Grant - 1839 - 332 pages
...conflicting claims of three beautiful little well-known poems. The first I refer to is that commencing with " Who killed cock robin ? I, said the sparrow, With my bow and arrow, And I killed cock robin." The second is "The House that Jack built;" and the third is the popular poem... | |
 | James Grant - 1839 - 332 pages
...conflicting claims of three beautiful little well-known poems. The first I refer to is that commencing with " Who killed cock robin ? I, said the sparrow, With my bow and arrow, And I killed cock robin." The second is "The House that Jack built;" and the third is the popular poem... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1841 - 448 pages
...tame, how spiritless, appears Macbeth's ' I have done the deed ! ' in comparison with this : — ' Who saw him die? I, said the fly, With my little eye, And I saw him die.' " Here the word little may possibly be objected to as being merely a make-weight... | |
 | Lawrence Lovechild - Counting-out rhymes - 1847 - 118 pages
...kill'd Cock-Robin. Who caught his blood ? I, said the fish, With my little dish, And I caught his blood. Who saw him die? I, said the fly, With my little eye, And I saw him die. Who made his shroud ? I, said the beetle, With my little needle, And I made his... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Nursery rhymes - 1849 - 296 pages
...birds, which, in nursery parlance, are universally Dickybirds. •WHO KILL D COCK ROBIN. Who kill'd Cock Robin ? I, said the sparrow, With my bow and arrow, I kill'd Cock Robin. Who see him die ? I, said the fly, With my little eye, And I see him die. Who catch'd... | |
 | Robert Baird - Christianity - 1851 - 84 pages
...yet it is said to be doubtful whether he can read, or ever has read, a chapter of the Hebrew Text! Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow. With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin 1 Really this is something like attacking the Fortress of Gibraltar with a pop-gun ! But how are they... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 640 pages
...fingers kept out of mischief, the end in view is obtained. Mischief sown in the mind goes for nothing. Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow — And I killed Cock Robin ! The outspoken, barefaced, valiant impudence of the answer, which is far... | |
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I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin." Who saw him die? "I," said the Fly, "With my little eye, I saw him die. 
