 Smiling first a little smile, As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while; Then, like a musical adept, To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a...  Prose and Poetry for Children - Page 93by Henry Meade Bland - 1912 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...! "—was the exclamation Of the astonished mayor and corporation. Into the street the piper slept, Smiling first a little smile. As if he knew what magic...And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if... | |
 | American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...extricate the civic dignitaries from the difficulty, and they promise him a thousand guilders if he does. " Into the street the Piper stept, Smiling first a little...his lips he wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eye twinkled Like a candle-flame when salt is sprinkled • And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...? " " One ? fifty thousand ! " — was the exclamation Of the astonished Mayor and Corporation. TO. Into the street the Piper stept, Smiling first a little...And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...was the exclamation Of the astonished ilavor and Corporation. VII. Into the street the Piper slept, Smiling first a little smile, As if he knew what magic...Then, like a musical adept, To blow the pipe his lips lie wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1873 - 586 pages
...fattened upon them, would be more than exceeded : . " Into the street the piper slept, Smiling just a little smile, As if he knew what magic slept In...adept, To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled, And greeu and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle flame when salt is sprinkled; And ere three shrill... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...town of rats Will you give me a thousand guilders ?" " One ? fifty thousand !" was the exclamation Into the street the Piper stept, Smiling first a little...And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...monstrous brood of vampyre bats ; And, as for what your brain bewilders, Into the street the piper stepped, Smiling first a little smile, As if he knew what magic...And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if... | |
 | 1873 - 618 pages
...long fattened upon them, would be more than exceeded : " Into the street the piper stept, Smiling just a little smile, As if he knew what magic slept In...And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle flame when salt is sprinkled; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if on... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 578 pages
...thousand !" was the exclamation Of the astonished Mayor and Corporation. Into the street the Piper slept, Smiling first a little smile, As if he knew what magic...is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered ; And the muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...guilders ? ' ' One ? fifty thousand ! ' was the exclamation Of the astonished Mayor and Corporation. Into the street the Piper stept, Smiling first a little...And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe had uttered. You heard as... | |
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