 | 1824 - 496 pages
...weather in onr own cguntry. AM. EDITOR*. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the piDk-t>y'd pimpernel!. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old BETTY'S joints are on the rack ; Her corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely sent her. Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernell. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud <juack the ducks, thepeacocks cry ; The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. Ttx walls are damp, the dit ekes sme II, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernel Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack : Her nnt with shooting pains torment her, And to her be 1 untimely send her. loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | 1863 - 376 pages
...to bed, The moon in halos hid her head : The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For see a rainbow spans the sky ; The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel ; The squalid toads at dusk are seen Slowly crawling o'er the green ; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks... | |
 | Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 pages
...sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the light red pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack : Her corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely send her. Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | 1830 - 812 pages
...boding shepherd heaves a sigh, The walls are damp, the ditches smell; For see! a rainbow spans the sky. Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack OKI Betty's joints are on the rack. The distant hills are looking nigh. Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...to bed, The moon in halos hid her head : The boding shepherd heires a sigh, For see, a rainbow spins the sky ; The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel ; The squalid toads at dusk were seen Slowly crawling o'er tht green ; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...bed, The moon in halos hid her head : The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernell. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack; Loud quack... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernell. Hark! how the chairs and tables era''* . Old Betty's joints are on the rack Loud quack the ducks, the per ^cks cry ; The distant hills are lookin' .igh. How restless are the sn<~ ug swine ! The busy flies... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack: Her corns with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely send her. Loud quack the ducks,... | |
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The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low, The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. 
