 JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day,...  Annual Register - Page 149edited by - 1785Full view - About this book
 | 1920 - 1002 pages
...GILPIN SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN 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 we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we no holiday... | |
 | 1918 - 684 pages
...Introduction, John Gilpin and His Wife at Home — Stanzas 1-8; beginning: "John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he, Of famous London town." Teacher How much of this poem is introduction? Children Eight stanzas. T. What might we call the Introduction?... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 pages
...It won't do. We cannot sing to this tune any longer. We greatly prefer, "John Gilpin was a gentleman ek The weed, though vile, that props the nerves when Or— "Old Grimes is dead, that good old man, We ne'er shall see him more, He used to wear an over-coat... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 pages
...pattern employed by Cowper in "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" (1782): John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. Both poets are imitating ballad measure, and their stanzas bear a parodic relation to traditional lyric.... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...NOBE; NOCV; NOEC; NoP; PoEL-3; PWR; SeCePo; TOP; TrGrPo; WGRP John Gilptn 6 John Gilpin was a citizen tana 3 Wind whines and whines (1. 1—4) 7 Now let us sing, Long live the king, And Gilpin long live he; And when he next doth ride... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home! 2613 'John Gilpin' John Gilpin was a citizen ems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethlop's ear; 2614 'Light Shining out of Darkness' God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants... | |
 | James Prosek - 2010 - 350 pages
...the town of Islington and the bell at Edmonton, just north of Tottenham. 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pages
...(1782) Showing how he went farther than he intended, and came home safe again. 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 we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday... | |
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