 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 pages
...other matter, Of the chameleon's form and nature. ' A stranger animal,' cries one, ' Sure never lived beneath the sun: A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined; And what a length of tail behind! How slow its pace! and then its... | |
 | Elementary books - 1860 - 270 pages
...other matter, Of the chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body, lean and long ; A fish's head ; a serpent's tongue ; Its foot with triple claw disjoin'd ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its... | |
 | English poetry - 1861 - 304 pages
...matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," eries one, '•' Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple elaw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! I low slow its paee ! and then... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun ! A lizard's body, lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with tripled claw disjoin'd ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...other matter, Of the chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1862 - 392 pages
...joined her sister. CHAPTER XIV. " 'A stranger animal,' cries one, * Sure never lived beneath the suni A lizard's body, lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot, with triple claw disioined ; And what a length of tail bchind !' " — ME RRICK. THE first act... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long, A...head, a serpent's tongue, Its tooth with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its hue — Who ever saw... | |
 | German literature - 1863 - 260 pages
...other matter, Of the chameleon's form and nature. "A stranger animal," cries one, "Sure never lived beneath the sun ; A lizard's body, lean and long ; A fish's head ; a serpent's tongue ; Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ? and then its... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...matter, Of the chameleon's5 form and nature. 4. * A stranger animal," cries one, .i Sure never lived beneath the sun ; A. lizard's body, lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined«; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. "A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its... | |
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And what a length of tail behind! How slow its pace! And then its hue, — Who ever saw so fine a blue? 
