 You should have heard the Hamelin people Ringing the bells till they rocked the steeple. " Go," cried the Mayor, "and get long poles, Poke out the nests and block up the holes ! Consult with carpenters and builders, And leave in our town not even a trace...  Germany - Page 1161877Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...thousand guilders!" A thousand guilders! The mayor looked blue; So did the corporation too, For the council dinners made rare havoc With claret. Moselle,...Rhenish. To pay this sum to a wandering fellow With a gipsy coat of red and yellow! "Beside," quoth the mayor, with a knowing wink, " Our business was done... | |
 | American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...Consult with carpenters and builders, And leave in our town not even a trace Of rats ! '—when suddenly, up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place, With a, ' First, if you pleaae, my thousand guilders 1 ' "A thousand guilders 1 The mayor looked blue; So did the corporation... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1900 - 676 pages
...striking difference in the meaning of blue in Browning's lines from that of the term true blue :— A thousand guilders, the mayor looked blue, So did the corporation too. ' Pied Piper of Hamelin.' If I mistake not, the word blue has also been employed as a vulgar euphemism.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1900 - 614 pages
...striking difference in the meaning of blue in Browning's lines from that of the term true blue : — A thousand guilders, the mayor looked blue, So did the corporation too. ' Pied Filter of Hamelin.' If I mistake not, the word bhie has also been employed as a vulgar euphemism.... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...carpenters and builders, " And leave in our town not even a trace " Of the rats ! " — when suddenly up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place,...the Corporation too. For council dinners made rare havock With Claret, Moselle, Vin-de-Grave, Hock ; And half the money would replenish Their cellar's... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...Of the Piper perked in the market place. With a, " First, if you please, my thousand guilders !" IX. A thousand guilders ! The Mayor looked blue ; So did the Corporation too. For council dinners made raro havock With Claret, Moselle, Viu-de-Grave, Hock ; And half the money would replenish Their cellar's... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...with carpenters and builders, And leave in our town not even a trace Of the rats !" — when suddenly up the face Of the piper perked in the market-place,...the corporation too. For council dinners made rare havock With Claret, Moselle, Vin-de-Grave, Hock ; And half the money would replenish Their cellar's... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...with carpenters and builders, And leave in our town not even a trace Of the rats ! " when suddenly up the face Of the piper perked in the market-place, With a " First, if you please, my thousand guilderw)* A thousand guilders ! The mayor looked blue ; So did the corporation too. To pay this sum... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...with carpenters and builders, And leave in our town not even a trace Of the rats ! ' When suddenly up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place,...the Corporation too. For council dinners made rare havock With Claret, Moselle, Vin-de-Grave, Hock ; And half the money would replenish Their cellar's... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 578 pages
...carpenters and builders, ' And leave in our town not even a trace ' Of the rats !" — when suddenly up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place,...With a " First, if you please, my thousand guilders !" But for the manner in which this fair demand was received by the rulers of the delivered town, and... | |
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