 And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered; And the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny...  Curious Myths of the Middle Ages - Page 418by Sabine Baring-Gould - 1869 - 660 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. no Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, n5 Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children - 1871 - 292 pages
...came tumbling — Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rate, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers,...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped, advancing, And step for step... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses And mercy unto all that have offended, And grace to all, that all may be amended. NICHOLAS BRE gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cot-king... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling , And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, 'Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins,... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 200 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling, And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean...tens and dozens ; Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step they... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray t — Followed the piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...Alpine river, flowed, And the landscape sped away behind, Like an ocean flying before the wind. 3. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Pointing tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - Art - 1872 - 608 pages
..."Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Crave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers,...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, Followed the piper for their lives." He leads them to the river, when all are drowned except one, who... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...river, flowed, And the landscape sped away behind, Like an ocean flying before the wind. J 3. Groat rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats,...black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, guy young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Pointing tails and pricking whiskers, Families... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling, And out of the houses the rats came tumbling, Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gray young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousius,... | |
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