...stomach's empty. Snail, Snail, Come out of your hole, Or else I'll beat you black as a coa. Snail, Snail, The man in the moon came down too soon To inquire the way to Norridge ; When I was a little boy, I lived by myself, And all the bread and cheese I got I put upon...

...The poem which we have now to consider, is one of unknown origin, but clearly of ancient date. It is as follows: " The man in the moon Came down too soon To inquire the way to Norwich." 204 THE MAN IN THE MOON. [February, Brief as this poem is, it is, nevertheless, an undoubted epic,...

...admitting the stranger, stood peeping through the crack of the door, giggling, and repeataloud — " The man in the moon Came down too soon, To inquire the waj to knowledge." Sirs. Macer shoved aside a basket of stockings on the sofa, which had stood there...

...ancient Astronomer of the name of Soose, which has been handed down to us as follows : l; The man in tlie Moon, came down too soon To inquire the way to Norwich...porridge." The evidence conveyed in this distich is howcv.i rejected by the sceptical, among modern Astronomers, who consider the passage an allegory....

...the gladgomeness of the butterfly is ours. On such a day we went to Norwich 1 Not the Norwich which the man in the moon came down too soon to inquire the way to, but Norwich on the Thames, Connecticut, city of hills and rills and mills. One cannot go "right straight"...

...in fifteen days, And never looked behind him. n. The man in the moon Came down too* soon To ask his way to NORWICH. The man in the South, He burned his mouth With eating cold peas' f porridge. HI. Peas' pudding hot, Peas' pudding cold, Peas' pudding in the...

...Moon. The venerable Mother Goose (the revered of nurseries!) tells us, in her mellifluous verse, that " The Man in the Moon Came down too soon To Inquire the way to Norwich; He went by the south, And burnt his mouth Eating cold plum porridge." The appearance of the Man in...

...some to the rock ; Some to make hay, And some to shell corn, So they shall spend The early dawn. HE man in the moon Came down too soon To inquire the way to Norridge ; The man in the south He burnt his mouth With eating cold plum porridge. HOE the colt, shoe...

...comes, and it can but be, That many a soul 's in the wilderness, And many adrift at sea. PEAE AND POST. "The man in the moon Came down too soon To inquire the way to Norwich ; The man in the south, He burnt his mouth With eating cold plum porridge." THE moony men are always in a hurry That puts sedater...

...and has been seen and spoken with, is a fragment of an old poem composed by an ancient Astronomer by the name of Goose, which has been handed down to us...conveyed in this distich is, however, rejected by the skeptical among modern Astronomers, who consider the passage an allegory — " The man in the South...