 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity. Rats! They fought the dogs, and killed the cats, And bit...own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats, By drowning their speaking... | |
 | American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity. "Rats! They fought the dogs, and killed the cats, And bit...the vats, And licked the soup from the cook's own tables ; Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...again, there is Browning's "Pied Piper of Hamelin," a rare old story rarely versified : — " Rats! They fought the dogs, and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And eat the cheeses out of the vats, And licked the soup from the oook'a own ladles, Split open the kegs... | |
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1849 - 590 pages
...not, nightingale-Uke, always sing in the shade), and— * TKey fought the dogs and killed the rut'., And bit the babies In the cradles, And ate the cheeses...the vats, And licked the soup from the cook's own ladle*) ; Split open tbe kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled... | |
 | 1849 - 614 pages
...»RaU! They fought the doge, and killed the cats, And bit the babies in tbe cradles, And ate the cheese out of the vats, And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles. Split open the kegs of the enltetl sprats, Mnde neste iuside men's Sunday hate, And even spoiled the women's chats, By drowning... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...my ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity. H Eats! They fought the dogs, and killed the cats, And...own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats, By drowning their speaking... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 302 pages
...Browning's' diablerie and humor. The following is a good specimen of its style and versification:— "RATs. " They fought the dogs, and killed the cats. And bit...babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the Tats, And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles, Splil open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin was a pity. Eats! II. They fought tho dogs, and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the...licked the soup from the cook's own ladles. Split open tho kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hata, And even spoiled the women's chats,... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - American periodicals - 1860 - 794 pages
...Hamelin. They really must have had a hard time with them, if Mr. Browning's description is true : Ratal They fought the dogs, and killed the cats, And bit...cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And lieked the soup from the cooks' own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside... | |
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And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats, By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.... 
