| John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 pages
...sturdy side, At once began to bawl : " God bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall ! " III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! —...we here So very round and smooth and sharp ? To me 't is mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear ! " IV. The Third approached the... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 pages
...observation Might satisfy his mind. The^/w'si approached the elephant, And happening to fall Agninst his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...here So very round, and smooth and sharp ; To me 'tis mighty clear, The third approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pages
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall ! " 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear ! " 4. The third approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands,... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 516 pages
...side, At once began to bawl : " God bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall ! " i III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! —...here So very round and smooth and sharp ? • To me 't is mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear ! " IV. The Third approached the... | |
| Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 pages
...you are doubtless familiar with the Hindoo fable set to rhyme by Saxe: "It was six men of Indoostan To learning much Inclined, Who went to see the Elephant...here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear !' " The third, happening to grasp the... | |
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: " God bless me!—but the Elephant Is very like a wall!" 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho !—what...here, So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear, This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear!" 4. The third approached the animal,... | |
| William Darrah - 1876 - 206 pages
...service demands a war of extermination against it. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. [A HINDOO FARLE.] JG SAXE. IT was six men of Indostan To learning much...here So very round and smooth and sharp ? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear ! " The Blind Men and the Elephant. 48... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1876 - 516 pages
...sturdy side, At once began to bawl : " God bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall I " III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! —...we here So very round and smooth and sharp ? To me 't is mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear ! " IV. The Third approached the... | |
| 1876 - 734 pages
...side, At once began to bawl : " God bless me ! but the Elephant Is very like a wall I" The Fetond, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear 1" The Tltird approached the animal, And,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 pages
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall!" 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!" 4. The third approached the animal, The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake :... | |
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