 His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.  Poems by William Cowper ... - Page 232by William Cowper - 1814 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 360 pages
...gallop soon, In spite of euro and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon bis back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought j Away went hat and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So, stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught ; Away went hat and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both hU hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 pages
...John he cry'd, But John he cry'd in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught, Away went hat and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasp 'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his...who never in that sort Had handled been before, What tlling upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. ' So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got . Did wonder more and more. • Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away went hat... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...In spite of curb and rein. v So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke 'with all his...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Wno cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort . ~i Had handled been before, ;,.-,/ What thing upon his back had got , Did wonder more and more,'... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1819 - 490 pages
...rein. " So stooping down, as needs he must Who canuot sit upright, He grasp'd his rein with both bis hands, And eke with all his might. " His horse, who...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got, Did wonder more and more." Nothing can be finer and more headlong than this,... | |
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