 | American Correctional Association - 1925 - 428 pages
...the elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "Now bless me! but the elephant Is very like a wall!" The...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake; "I see," quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a snake!" The fourth reached out his eager hand, And... | |
 | Henry Neumann - 1926 - 272 pages
...feeling of the tusk, Cried, "Ho ! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp ? To me 't is mighty clear This wonder of an elephant Is very like...squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake : "I see," quoth he, "the elephant The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt about the knee. "What... | |
 | 1927 - 490 pages
...To learning much inclined, Who went to see the elephant (Though all of them were blind), The first approached the elephant, And, happening to fall Against...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quoth he, "the elephant, Is very like a snake!" The fourth reached out his eager hand, And... | |
 | Vana Smith, John R. Dedman - 1990 - 554 pages
...and smooth, and sharp? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!" 4. The third approached the animal, And happening to...The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake: "I see," quote he, "the elephant Is very like a snake!" 5. The fourth reached out his eager... | |
 | Clifford K. Madsen, Carol A. Prickett - 1987 - 388 pages
...Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The first approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a SNAKE!" The fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a snake!" The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt... | |
 | Theodore B. Achacoso, William S. Yamamoto - 1991 - 298 pages
...At once began to bawl: 'God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!' The Second, feeling at the tusk, Cried, 'Ho! what have we here So very round...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: 'I see,' quoth he, 'the Elephant Is very like a snake!' The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt... | |
 | Josephie Brefeld - 1994 - 250 pages
...approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "Bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!"...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a snake!" The Fourth reached out his eager hand, And... | |
 | Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson - 1994 - 362 pages
...feeling of the tusk, Cried: 'Ho! What have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis very clear. This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!'...The squirming trunk within his hands Thus boldly up he spake: 7 see,' quoth he, 'the elephant Is very like a snake.1' — John G. Saxe (source unknown)... | |
 | Arthur Asa Berger - 2011 - 224 pages
..."God bless me! But the elephant Is very like a wall. " The second feeling of the tusk, Cried "How, what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp?...squirming trunk within his hands Thus boldly up and spake: "I see, " quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a snake. " The fourth reached out an eager hand and... | |
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God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!" The Second, 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! 
