Legends of the Rhine

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J. Halenza, 1870 - Всего страниц: 316
 

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Стр. 176 - tis an excellent bonfire ! " quoth he, " And the country is greatly obliged to me, For ridding it in these times forlorn Of Rats that only consume the corn." So then to his palace returned he, And he sat down to supper merrily, And he slept that night like an innocent man ; But Bishop Hatto never slept again. In the morning as he...
Стр. 177 - Another came running presently, And he was 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!" "I'll go to my tower on the Rhine...
Стр. 177 - I'll go to my tower on the Rhine,' replied he, ' 'Tis the safest place in Germany ; The walls are high, and the shores are steep, And the stream is strong, and the water deep.
Стр. 176 - The poor folk flock'd from far and near; The great barn was" full as it could hold Of women and children, and young and old. Then when he saw it could hold no more, Bishop Hatto he made fast the door; And while for mercy on Christ they call, He set fire to the barn and burnt them all. "I' faith, 'tis an excellent bonfire!" quoth he, "And the country is greatly obliged to me, For ridding it in these times forlorn Of rats, that only consume the corn.
Стр. 175 - THE summer and autumn had been so wet, That in winter the corn was growing yet ; 'Twas a piteous sight to see all around The grain lie rotting on the ground.
Стр. 177 - He listen'd and look'd; — it was only the cat; But the Bishop he grew more fearful for that. For she sat screaming mad with fear, At the army of rats that were drawing near. For they have swum over the river so deep, And they have climb'd the shores so steep, And now by thousands up they crawl; To the holes and the window in the wall.
Стр. 177 - He laid him down and closed his eyes, But soon a scream made him arise; He started, and saw two eyes of flame On his pillow, from whence the screaming came.
Стр. 178 - And through the walls by thousands they pour, And down from the ceiling, and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the Bishop they go. " They have whetted their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the Bishop's bones ; They gnaw'd the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do judgment on him.
Стр. 178 - To the holes and windows in the wall. Down on his knees the bishop fell, And faster and faster his beads did he tell, As louder and louder drawing near, The saw of their teeth without he could hear. And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour, And down through the ceiling and up through the floor, From tho right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below ; And all at once to the bishop they go.
Стр. 176 - Then when he saw it could no more, Bishop Hatto he made fast the door ; And while for mercy on Christ they call, He set fire to the barn, and burnt them all. „l 'faith 'tis an excellent bonfire!

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