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" For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew Would trouble him much more. "
Poems - Page 276
by William Cowper - 1806
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Poems, Volumes 1-3

William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
.... ' As if Cheapsido were mad. .... John Gilpin at his horse's side . . .- ! Seiz'd fast the (lowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When turning round his head, he Ğaw Three customer! come in....
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Select poetry - 1855 - 80 pages
...all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folks so glad ! The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon got down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His...
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A collection of poems from various authors, fo young persons

Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...three doors off the chaise was stay'd, Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never...But soon came down again : For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in....
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The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and ..., Volume 7

Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 316 pages
...agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels ; Were never folks so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath, As if...But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in....
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The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and ..., Volume 7

Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 320 pages
...round went the wheels ; Were never folks so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheaps ide were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast...But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in....
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1905 - 716 pages
...stay'd, Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin ! 40 Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never...Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seiz'd fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; 48 For saddle-tree...
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Little Masterpieces of English Poetry: Idyls and stories in verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 344 pages
...the wheels, Were never folks so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. 44 John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing...he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; 48 For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he...
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Little Masterpieces of English Poetry: Idyls and stories in verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 338 pages
...glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. 44 John Gilpin at his horse's aide Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again; 48 For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw...
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Idyls and stories in verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1912 - 334 pages
...agog To dash through thick and thin. 4° Smack went the whip, round went the wheels. Were never folks so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. 44 John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But...
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Graded Poetry: First and second years, [third-eighth year]

Katherine Devereux Blake, Georgia Alexander - 1906 - 112 pages
...dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folks so glad, 10 The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside...the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, 15 But soon came down again ; For saddletree scarce reach'd had he His journey to begin, When, turning...
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