 And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered; And the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny...  Curious myths of the Middle ages - Page 418by Sabine Baring Gould - 1874 - 660 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...the muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the house the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers. Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, .... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1873 - 348 pages
...rats came tumbling; — Oreat rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats; Grave old plodders, — gay young...friskers ; Fathers, mothers, — uncles, cousins, Curling tails and pricking whiskers; Families — by tens and dozens; — Brothers, sisters, husbands,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 136 pages
...You heard as if an army muttered ; And the muttering grew to a mighty rumbling, And out of the houses the rats came tumbling : Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rate, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers,... | |
 | Coventry Kersey D. Patmore - 1873 - 396 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling — Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, The Pied Fifer of Hameiin. — P. 152. Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders,... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - Oral reading - 1874 - 336 pages
...the muttering grew to a grumbling; and the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; and out of the houses the rats came tumbling — great rats, small rats,...grave old plodders, gay young fri.skers, fathers, mother, uncles, cousins, cocking tails and pricking, whiskers, families by tens arid dozens, brothers,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1874 - 380 pages
...the muttering grew to a grumbling, And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling, And out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; Great rats, small rats, lean...tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers," etc. ' Mrs. Milburn was greatly annoyed, she tried many remedies, and consulted many persons as to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean...grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young pickers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 pages
...the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the house the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rate, ; Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins,... | |
 | Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling — Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing. And step for step... | |
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