 | Edmund Ruffin - Agriculture - 1838 - 834 pages
...sleep ; And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed ; The moon in haloes hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For...spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, t Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernett. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old BETTY'S joints are... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...spaniel* sleep ; f ad spiders from their cobwebs /"'•/'. Last night the sun went pale to bed ; Tli« moon in halos hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The watts are damp, the ditches snitll, Clo/d is the pink-ey'd pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tablet... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 990 pages
...went pale to bed, The moon in haloes hid her head, The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For see — the rainbow spans the sky ; The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel ; Hark how the chairs and tables crack ! Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1845 - 398 pages
...the glass is low; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep; And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed; The moon in halos...The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the light-red pimpernel. Hark! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack; Her... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 pages
...glass is low ; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs creep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos...head ; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For see, the rainbow spans the sky ; 370 The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-eyed pimpernel... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 894 pages
...— The following signs of rain (from Dr Jenner's poem on that subject) are also observed here : — The walls are damp, the ditches smell ; Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. Loud quack the ducks, the sea- fowl cry ; The distant hills are looking nigh. Low o'er the grass the... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Clouds - 1846 - 226 pages
...the glass is low; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep: Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos...ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel; Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack; Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | The Cultivator - 1846 - 408 pages
...the grass is tow; The soot falls down, the spaniels steep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed. The moon in halos hid her head j The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see a rainbow spans the sky. The wall* are damp, ihe ditches... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 358 pages
...the glass is low; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed; The moon in halos...spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the piuk-ej'd pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on... | |
 | George William Johnson - Gardening - 1847 - 636 pages
...iheir cobwebs peep ; 5. Last night the s«n went pale lo bed ; 6. The moon in halos hid her head. 7. The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, •^ For see, a rainbow spans the sky ; 9 The irtjUf arc dump, the ditctus smell. ID. Closed is the pink-eyed pimprrntll: 11. Hark ! how... | |
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Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For see ! a rainbow spans the sky. 
