 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 strani
...observation Might satisfy his mind. II. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall ! " III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! — what have we here So very round and smooth... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 strani
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall ! " 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear ! " 4. The third approached the animal,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 516 strani
...observation Might satisfy his mind. II. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall ! " i III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! — what have we here So very round and... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 strani
...observation Might satisfy his mind. "The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...of an Elephant Is very like a spear !' " The third, happening to grasp the "squirming trunk within his hands," declared the elephant to be "very like a... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 strani
...observation Might satisfy his mind. 2. The first approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: " God bless me!—but the Elephant Is very like a wall!" 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho !—what... | |
 | William Darrah - 1876 - 206 strani
...observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear ! " The Blind Men and the Elephant. 48 The Third approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming... | |
 | 1876 - 734 strani
...observation Might satisfy his mind. The Firnt approached the Elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...God bless me ! but the Elephant Is very like a wall I" The Fetond, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp?... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1876 - 516 strani
...observation Might satisfy his mind. IL The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall I " III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! — what have we here So very round and smooth... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 strani
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall!" 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!" 4. The third approached the animal, The... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 strani
...happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl : " Bless me ! it seems the Elephant Is very like a wall !" The second, feeling...clear, This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear !" 1 Illustrates the humour of diverting incident, and teaches a lesson similar to that conveyed by... | |
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To learning much inclined, Who went to see the elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl... 
