 So then to his palace returned he, And he sate down to supper merrily, And he slept that night like an innocent man, But bishop Hatto never slept again. In the morning as he entered the hall, Where his picture hung against the wall, A sweat like death...  The Annual Anthology - Page 241edited by - 1800 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Pembroke Fetridge - 1870 - 964 pages
...wall, A aweat like death all o'er him came-, For the rats had eaten It out of the frame. 11 A^ lie look'd there came a man from his farm ; He had a countenance white with alarm. * My lord, I open'd yonr granaries this morn, And the ruts had eaten all your corn.* u Another came running presently,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...A sweat like death all over him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame. 9. As he looked, there came a man from his farm ; He had a countenance white with alarm ; 10. Another came running presently, And he was pale as pale could be,— " Fly ! my Lord Bishop,... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1868 - 234 pages
...wall, A sweat like death all o'er him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame. As he looked there came a man from his farm ; He had a countenance...pale could be : " Fly, my lord bishop, fly," quoth he j " Ten thousand rats are coming this way ; The Lord forgive you for yesterday." " I'll go to my tower... | |
 | Cheltenham College - 1868 - 570 pages
...that night like an innocent man ; But Bishop Hatto ne'er slept again. In the morning, as he enter'd the hall, Where his picture hung against the wall,...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,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...over him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame. As he looked, there came a man from the farm, He had a countenance •white with alarm ; "...corn ! " 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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...frame. As he looked, there came a man from the farm, He had a countenance white with alarm ; " Sly lord, I opened your granaries this morn, And the rats...corn ! " 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... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1868 - 748 pages
...look'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 rats had eaten all...Another came running presently, And he was pale as pale covild be : " Fly ! my lord bishop, fly," quoth he ; " Ten thousand rats are coming this way ; The... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1868 - 270 pages
...wall, A sweat like death all o'er him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame. " As he looked there came a man from his farm ; He had a countenance white with alarm ; ' My Lord, t opened your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn.' " Another came running presently,... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 pages
...A sweat like death all over him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame. 9. As he looked, there came a man from his farm ; He had a countenance white with alarm ; 10. Another came running presently, And he was pale as pale could be,— "Fly! my Lord Bishop, fly!"... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 328 pages
...greatly obliged to me, For ridding it in these times forlorn Of rats that only consume the corn." 89 And he slept that night like an innocent man ; But...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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