 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
 | 1875
...Yon 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 rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, "Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins,... | |
 | 1875 - 282 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling, And out of the houses the rate 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 934 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... | |
 | William Brisbane Dick - Readers - 1877
...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... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1876 - 336 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. 11. 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... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1876 - 336 pages
...rats came tumbling. 11. 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, eou§iii§, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, v Families by tens and dozen§, Brothers, sisters,... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877
...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, Cocking... | |
 | English poetry - 1877
...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, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers,... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877
...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, Cocking... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877
...rats came tumbling. Ureat rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, ; lirowu rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tales and pricking whiskers ; Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, —... | |
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