the cat - World eBook Library
the cat - World eBook Library the cat - World eBook Library
Firelight Musing, I sit on my cushioned settle, Facing the firelight's fitful shine; Sings on the hob the simmering kettle, THE CAT Songs that seem echoes of " auld lang syne." And close beside me the cat sits purring, Warming her paws at the cheery gleam The flames keep flitting, and flicking, and whirring,- My mind is lapped in a realm of dream. Heinrich Heine, Translated by Sir Theodore Martin. 14
THE CAT A Poet's Kitten I have a kitten, my dear, the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin. Her gam- bols are incredible, and not to be described. She tumbles head over heels several times together. She lays her cheek to the ground, and humps her back at you with an air of most supreme disdain. From this posture she rises to dance on her hind feet, an exercise which she performs with all the grace imaginable; and she closes these various ex- hibitions with a loud smack of her lips, which, for want of greater propriety of expression, we call spitting. But, though all cats spit, no cat ever produced such a sound as she does. In point of size, she is likely to be a kitten always, being ex- tremely small for her age ; but time, that spoils all things, will, I suppose, make her also a cat. You will see her, I hope, before that melancholy period shall arrive ; for no wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter will compensate for the loss of her present hilarity. She is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know that you will delight in her. William Cowper to Lady Hesheth. 15
- Page 1 and 2: THE CAT by AGNES REPPLIER Classic L
- Page 3 and 4: World Public Library The World Publ
- Page 5: OUR FRIENDS, THE BEASTS A SERIES OF
- Page 8 and 9: Copyright, 1912 By STURGIS & WALTON
- Page 10 and 11: THE CAT AMONG FOES To a Cat Which H
- Page 12 and 13: THE CAT IN THE NURSERY CONTENTS Edu
- Page 14 and 15: THE CAT
- Page 16 and 17: THE CAT There is no word of Shakesp
- Page 18 and 19: THE CAT tude of neutrality towards
- Page 21 and 22: The Cat THE CAT On some grave busin
- Page 23 and 24: THE CAT: The Cat of Egypt The numbe
- Page 25 and 26: THE CAT= The Cat as a Royal Envoy T
- Page 27 and 28: THE CAT= An Appreciation I value in
- Page 29 and 30: THE CAT= The Cat I like the simple
- Page 31: THE CAT^ Around, in sympathetic mir
- Page 35 and 36: THE CAT= Erected stiff, and gait aw
- Page 37 and 38: THE CAT: And yet, for that thou has
- Page 39 and 40: THE CAT: that crossing the room? Wh
- Page 41 and 42: THE CAT= Good and Bad Kittens Kitte
- Page 43 and 44: THE CAT= Dido We have got the prett
- Page 45 and 46: THE CAT= The Strength Which Lies in
- Page 47 and 48: THE CAT; The Kitten and the Falling
- Page 49 and 50: THE CAT Pussy-Willows I sometimes t
- Page 51 and 52: THE CAT= Practice Cultivate your ga
- Page 53 and 54: THE CAT Auld Bawthren grey, she kit
- Page 55 and 56: THE CAT= A Cat Philosopher and comr
- Page 57 and 58: THE CAT: To a Cat which had Killed
- Page 59 and 60: THE CAT: Why, why was pigeon's fles
- Page 61 and 62: THE CAT= my gossip, sisters, let hi
- Page 63 and 64: THE CAT= Anathema Maranatha That ve
- Page 65 and 66: THE CAT: False Gods Now shall ye se
- Page 67 and 68: THE CAT= On a study of those who, a
- Page 69 and 70: THE CA^ A Martyr In the Reigne of Q
- Page 71 and 72: THE CAT= A Cat's Conscience A dog w
- Page 73: THE CAT — Rrrrrrrrr There was no
- Page 77 and 78: The Cat's Progress =THE CAT Outlawe
- Page 79 and 80: THE CAT self still in the cat's way
- Page 81 and 82: Far-travelled Nicias hath wooed and
Firelight<br />
Musing, I sit on my cushioned settle,<br />
Facing <strong>the</strong> firelight's fitful shine;<br />
Sings on <strong>the</strong> hob <strong>the</strong> simmering kettle,<br />
THE CAT<br />
Songs that seem echoes of " auld lang syne."<br />
And close beside me <strong>the</strong> <strong>cat</strong> sits purring,<br />
Warming her paws at <strong>the</strong> cheery gleam<br />
The flames keep flitting, and flicking, and whirring,-<br />
My mind is lapped in a realm of dream.<br />
Heinrich Heine,<br />
Translated by Sir Theodore Martin.<br />
14
Change language