 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
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1879 - 488 pages
...black rate, grey rats, tawny rate, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, unclea, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families...tens and dozens. Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - Bodley family (Fictitious characters) - 1875 - 270 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... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 610 pages
...of the rats that infest it. As he pipes, they come out of the houses and follow him down the street. "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... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1880 - 460 pages
...When kneeling at family prayers," says Mr. Williams, " they would run over us in all directions." " 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... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1881 - 348 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,...tens and dozens. Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped, advancing, Anil step for step... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, 1еац cats, brawny rats, Brown rat», black rats, gray wild uproar. The lover watch 'd his graceful maid,...she came to his hermitage, Like the bird from the And step for step they follow'd dancing. Until they came to the river Weser, Wherein all plunged and... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1881 - 392 pages
...in all directions." " Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers,...cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families bv tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives." Iii fact, the rats ate up half the food of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 856 pages
...brawny rata, Brown rats, black rate, gray rats, tawny rate Grave old plodders, gay young f riekers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and...Families by tens and dozens^ Brothers, sisters, husbands, wive« — Followed the Piper for their live». From street to slreet he piped advancing, And step... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - English poetry - 1881 - 744 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, Mothers, fathers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Amusements - 1884 - 956 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... | |
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