"Pitty-pat" Quotes from Famous Books
... I seemed to wake, and know The little feet, that followed me, Were ashes long ago! And in a burst of rapturous tears I clung to her and said: "Dear Pitty-pat! The lonesome years They ... — The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various
... in the play-room that the poor scared twins under the pillows were afraid the Giant children would hear their hearts beating pitty-pat! pitty-pat! It seemed a long, long time before Maid Norah's freckly face appeared ... — The Graymouse Family • Nellie M. Leonard
... you, gran'mother's a queer one, shore— Makes your heart go pitty-pat! If the wind just happens to open a door, She'll say there's "a sign" in that! An' if no one ain't in a rockin'-chair An' it rocks itself, she'll say: "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, my! I'm afeared 'at somebody is goin' to die!" ... — The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) • Various |