 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
 | Katherine Devereux Blake, Georgia Alexander - 1905 - 130 pages
...ran out like bees in a midsummer swarm. There were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their caps, 5 To see if their poultry were free from mishaps ; The...the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be gone. 10 But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in... | |
 | 1906 - 902 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 pressed on, and had met in a lane, With a schoolboy who panted and struggled in vain; For it tossed... | |
 | Carolyn M. Robbins, Robert Keable Row - 1907 - 328 pages
...kerchiefs tied over their caps, 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 passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed... | |
 | Frank Ellsworth Spaulding, Catherine Turner Bryce - 1908 - 304 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 and passed, and he stood With his hat in a pool and his shoe in the mud. THE KING AND THE... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1909 - 374 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...schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed h1m, and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With his hat in a pool, and his shoe in the mud. William... | |
 | Kate Van Wagenen - 1909 - 128 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...passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who had panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With... | |
 | Will David Howe, Myron Thomas Pritchard, Elizabeth Virginia Brown - 1909 - 308 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 gone. But the wind passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Augustine L. Rafter - 1910 - 396 pages
...to rest in a terrified crowd ; There was raising of ladders and logs laying on, When the thatch of the roof threatened soon to be gone, But the wind...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... | |
 | 1910 - 1214 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 pressed on, and had met in a lane, With a schoolboy who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed... | |
 | Lillian Gertrude Kimball - 1911 - 304 pages
...The turkeys all gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd. But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane...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... | |
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