 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - Počet stránok 744
...evil ways depart, My crimes lye heavy on my heart. See, see, the murder'd geese appear ! Why are those bleeding turkeys there ? Why all around this cackling train, Who haunt my ears for chicken slain? The hungry foxes round them star'd, And for the promis'd feast prepar'd. Where, Sir,... | |
 | Mark Loveridge - 1998 - Počet stránok 308
...'whining', 'mumbling', and 'feeble tone' - do try it See, see, the murder'd geese appear! Why are those bleeding turkeys there? Why all around this cackling train, Who haunt my ears for chickens slain? (2, 34o) The sons, convinced by the tone and entranced by the apparent 'promis'd feast', lick... | |
 | John Gay - 2003 - Počet stránok 100
...ways depart, 10 My crimes lye heavy on my heart. Sec, sec, the murder'd geese appear! Why are those bleeding turkeys there? Why all around this cackling train, Who haunt my ears for chicken slain? 15 The hungry foxes round them star'd, And for the promis'd feast prepar'd. Where, Sir,... | |
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Where, sir, is all this dainty cheer? Nor turkey, goose, nor hen, is here. These are the phantoms of your brain, And your sons lick their lips in vain. 
