 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
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 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 - 1841 - 260 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...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... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon, 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... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...Come forth ! West winds for ever, and a groan for the north ! A SAILOR'S STORY, OR THE LAND VOYAGE. "His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back h¡id got Did wonder more and more." "Why, d'ye see, (»ays Ben,) it was that ere time... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of m ! FROH 1780 CYCLOPAEDIA OF TILL THE PRESENT IIMÍX Hie horse, which never in that sort Had handled... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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,...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 Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 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. His horse, which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...John he cried, But John he cried 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... | |
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