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" 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 192
by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 480 pages
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The first (-fifth and sixth) 'standard' reading and home lesson book, by two ...

Thomas Simpson Birkby - 1864 - 142 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...
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The National Third Reader: Containing Exercises in Articulation, Accent ...

Richard Green Parker - 1865 - 300 pages
...rearing3 of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch1 from the roof threatened soon to be gone. 8. But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted5 and struggled in vain, For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With,...
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The Garland of Poetry for the Young: A Selection in Four Parts, Volumes 1-2

Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 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 swept on, and had met in a lane With a school-boy, who panted and struggled in vain; For it tossed...
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Independent First[-sixth] Reader, Volume 2

James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 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 be g6ne. 8. But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled...
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Poems, Selected and Original, for the Use of Schools

E. W. COLEMAN - 1870 - 132 pages
...And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders, and logs were laid on Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a school boy, who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed...
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The class and standard series of reading books. 5 pt. [in 7].

Charles Bilton - 1870 - 208 pages
...And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders, and logs were laid on, Where the thatch from the 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...
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John Heywood's Manchester readers. [With] Key, pt.1,2, Book 2

John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 136 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 swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed...
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The Kensington series of lesson books (ed. by J.W. Laurie). Primer, pt, Volume 4

Kensington series - 1872 - 170 pages
...were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their caps, There was rearing of ladders, and logs were laid on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted arid struggled in vain; . For it tossed...
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The High School Speaker: A Collection of Declamations, Poetic Pieces and ...

John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 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 wind had passed on, and had met in a lane With a shool-boy, who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed, and...
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John Heywood's Manchester readers. [With] Key, pt.1,2. Primer, Book 2

John Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 136 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 swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed...
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