 Another came running presently, And he was as pale as pale could be, Fly ! my lord bishop, fly ! quoth he, Ten thousand rats are coming this way — The Lord forgive you for yesterday...  Metrical Tales and Other Poems - Page 6by Robert Southey - 1805 - 201 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Pomponius Mela - 1761 - 170 pages
...morning, as he enter'd the hall Where his picture hung against the wall, A sweat like death all o'er him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame....He had a countenance white with alarm. ' My lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn.' Another came running presently,... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1805 - 416 pages
...the half, Where his picture hung againft the wail, A fweat like death all over him came, For the mice had eaten it out of the frame. As he look'd, there...a countenance white with alarm — •* My Lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the mice had eaten all the corn." Another came running prefently,... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1805 - 420 pages
...wail, A fweat like death all over him came, For the mice had eaten it out of the frame. As he loot'd, there came a man from his farm>. He had a' countenance white with alarm — ** My Lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the mice had eaten all the corn." Another came running presently,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 pages
...slept that night like an innocent man, But Bishop Hatto never slept again. In the morning as he enter'd the hall Where his picture hung against the wall,...He had a countenance white with alarm. " My Lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the Rats had eaten all your corn." Another came running presently,... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 828 pages
...came. For i In llats had eaten it out of the frame, ROBERT SOUTHEY'S AB he look'd there came n mnn from his farm, He had a countenance white with alarm : My Lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the Rats had eaten all your corn. Another came running presently,... | |
 | 1846 - 508 pages
...morning, as he enter'd the hall Where his picture hung against the wall, A sweat like death all o'er him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame....had a countenance white with alarm — ' My lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn.' " ' Another came running presently,... | |
 | 1838 - 582 pages
...morning as he enter'd the hall Where his picture hung against the wall, A sweat like death all o'er him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame....He had a countenance white with alarm. " My Lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn." Another came running presently,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 612 pages
...morning as he enter'd the hall Where his picture hung against the wall, A sweat like death all o'er him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame....He had a countenance white with alarm. " My Lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn." Another came running presently.... | |
 | 508 pages
...morning, as he enter'd the hall Where his picture hung against the wall, A sweat like death all o'er him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame....had a countenance white with alarm— ' My lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn.' " ' Another came running presently,... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...death all over him came, For the Rats had eaten it out of the frame. As he look'd there came a man frnm his farm, He had a countenance white with alarm. " My Lord, I open'd your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn." Another came running presently,... | |
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