 | 1879 - 674 pages
...kind, Affrighted fled — And as he flew Left all the world behind." Poems, second ed., 17S6. " The horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back hud got Did wonder more and more." And again : — Chap-book. " The youth did ride and soon they met... | |
 | 1920 - 996 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...did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; inviiv went hat and wig; He little dreamt, when he set out, of running such a rig. The wind... | |
 | 1920 - 1016 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...thing upon his back had got did wonder more and more. The Diverting History of John Gilpin 567 Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; away went hat and wig; He... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...cried; But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his...horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, s What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...his hands And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, 5 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, 10 Of running such a rig. The wind... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 680 pages
...In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must 10 Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his...horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, 15 What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught; Away... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 580 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 all his might. His horse, wlio never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...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. »3 The Diverting History of John Gilpin His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before,... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 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. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away went hat and wig; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 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...Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought (2); Away went hat and wig! — He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig ! The... | |
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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. 
