 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
 | Robert Browning - 1882
...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...uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Hrothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 882 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...friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins. Cocking tails ami pricking whiskers: Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 862 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, tawiiy rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins,... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1883
...small monkeys, lean monkeys, brawny monkeys, Brown monkeys, black monkeys, grey monkeys, tawny monkeys, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers ; Fathers,...pricking whiskers ; Families by tens and dozens." The disgusting wretches flocked about us grinning, screaming, and rolling on the ground, and embracing... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1883 - 275 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, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers,... | |
 | Thomas W. Handford - Recitations, American - 1881 - 410 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... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883
...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... | |
 | Anne C Martens - Children's plays - 1969 - 83 pages
...Alisa must be with him. MRS. BRAUN Let's look for them. (They go out R. ) GRANNY (half to herself). Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats . . . Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, Follow the Piper for their lives !... | |
 | Charlyn Wessels - Education - 1987 - 137 pages
...presented can be used at this level, and also the following vocal warm-ups and poetry extracts: a. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, Followed the piper for their lives. (Robert Browning) b. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!... | |
 | Robert Browning - Poetry - 1994 - 698 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...pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens. Brothers, listers, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing.... | |
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