![]() ![]() Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats, And bit the babies in their cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats. ![]() ![]() Hamelin Town's in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall on the southern side A pleasanter spot you never spied But, when begins my ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity. The Pied Piper of Hamelin By Robert Browning I. ![]()
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