 The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went...  Poems - Page 283by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
...crown ; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours, when yon bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did...at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1908 - 352 pages
...half a crown; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well." The...at his rein; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | 1908 - 554 pages
...out half a crown; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well." The...catching at his rein; But not performing what he meant But gladly would have done, The frightened steed he frightened more, And made him faster run. Away... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1909 - 374 pages
...And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours, when you brins; back My husband safe and well." The youth did ride,...at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 428 pages
...unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours when you bring back 220 My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and...a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein; 22 5 But not performing what he meant And gladly would have done, The frightened steed he frighted... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 426 pages
...unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours when you bring back 220 My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and...in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein ; 225 But not performing what he meant And gladly would have done, The frightened steed he frighted... | |
 | John Collins Francis - 1909 - 434 pages
...John's horse By seizing fast the flowing rein ; But only made things worse. Poems, second ed., 1786. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming...a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein." The subject is continued by Lieut.-Col. Fergusson ; and J. 0. writes that he has a neat little volume... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pages
...a crown; And thus unto the youth she said . i. That drove them to the Bell, ' This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well.' The...youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back again : Whom in a thrice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein; But not performing what he meant,... | |
 | 1910 - 542 pages
...half a crown; And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell, ' This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well.' The...youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back again: Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant,... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 324 pages
...and well." 220 ..•v The youth did ride, and soon did meet ,-» 4** John coming back amain0; 'K*' Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein; But not performing what he meant, 225 And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away... | |
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