 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
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 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 svent hat and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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 - 1836 - 710 pages
...gallop soon, In spite of curb a,nd rein. So stooping down, as needs he must WTho 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 - 1836 - 416 pages
...a 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 - 1836 - 404 pages
...a 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 - 1835 - 406 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, who never in that scrt Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 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... | |
 | Pierce Egan - London (England) - 1838 - 462 pages
...of Makemoney was truly ludicrous" in an instant, something after the manner of Johnny Gilpin : — 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 Money, neck or nought, Away... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 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...npon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neek or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 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... | |
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