 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 Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped retch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps...unfelt, a kiss: Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught; Away went hat and... | |
 | George E. Teter - American poetry - 1918 - 456 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1920 - 1016 pages
...soon, in spite of curb and rein. 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. The Diverting History of John Gilpin 567 Away went... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1920 - 668 pages
...cried; But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his...horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, s What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - Readers - 1921 - 680 pages
...In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must 10 Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his...horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, 15 What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught; Away... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1854 - 580 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 all his might. His horse, wlio never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...In spite of curb and rein. * So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands. And eke with all his might. ยป3 The Diverting History of John Gilpin His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before,... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away went hat and wig; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. 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 (2); Away went hat... | |
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