 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 - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | M A B - 1844 - 342 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. There was a... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 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...roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind had pass«d on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy who panted and struggled in vain : For it tossed... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roosl 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. 15. SHORT ANSWERS.... | |
 | 1846 - 436 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. THE NORTHERN... | |
 | 1853 - 404 pages
...gohhled, 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 be gone. But the wind has passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy who panted and struggled in vain : For it tossed... | |
 | 1854 - 456 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. THE NORTHERN... | |
 | Poetry book - 1854 - 152 pages
...gobbled, the geese scream'd 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 threaten'd soon to be gone. But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who... | |
 | Poetry book - 1854 - 152 pages
...gobbled, the geese scream'd 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 threaten'd soon to be gone. But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 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. THE NORTHERN... | |
 | 1855 - 458 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. THE NORTHERN... | |
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