...heighten the comic effect of his situation by the burlesque of grammar, as in "John Gilpin's Bide": My sister and my sister's child Myself and children...fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we. Thackeray's "Little Billee" gets a rhyme and a comic effect in the same way: Says gorging Jack...

...GILPIN was a citizen of credit and renown; A train-band captain eke was he, of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — " Though...fill the chaise; so you must ride on horseback after He soon replied, " I do admire of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear; therefore it...

...John Gilpin was a citizen Of Credit and renown, A train-band Captain eke was he Of famous London town. Tomorrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair...Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the Callender Will lend his...

...John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear— Though wedded...twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. 8 To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and...