 And they ran out like bees in a midsummer swarm. There were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their caps, To see if their poultry were free from mishaps; The turkeys they gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified...  New National First [-fifth] Reader - Page 192by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Moffatt (publisher) - 1883 - 182 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified2 crowd; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on Where the thatch from...roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 398 pages
...shout, As trie apples and oranges tumbled about. Then away to the fields it went blustering and humming, Till, offended at such a familiar salute, They all...on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane With a school-boy, who panted and struggled in vain... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 398 pages
...traveler grave on the king's highway. It was not too nice to hustle the bags Of the beggar, and flutter his dirty rags. 'Twas so bold that it feared not to...on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain;... | |
 | Collins William sons and co, ltd - 1885 - 280 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to bo gone. GR vi. o 5. But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a, terrified crowd; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to bo gone. But the wind had swept on, and met in a lane With a school-boy, who panted and struggled in... | |
 | 1890 - 744 pages
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 | Margaret A. Klein - 1893 - 184 pages
...their poultry were free from mishaps; The turkeys they gobbled, the geese screamed There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from...panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With his hat in a pool and his shoe in the mud> William Howitt.... | |
 | 1898 - 344 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from...panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With his hat in a pool and his shoe in the mud. — William... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 562 pages
...the hens crept to rest in a terrified crowd ; There was raising of ladders, and logs laying on, When the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be gone....panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed him and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With his hat in a pool, and his shoe in the mud. There was a... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1900 - 400 pages
...ladders, and logs were laid on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon But the Wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed him and twirled him, then passed, — and he stood With his hat in a pool and his shoes in the mud ! Then away... | |
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