Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. A Little Book of Light Verse - Page 241902 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...highwayman! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space...did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let ua sing, long live the king, And Gilpin,... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike-gates again Flew open in short space: The tollmen thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so lie did ; and won it too; For he got first to town; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...highwayman!" Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space...long live he ; And, when' he next doth ride abroad, SONG ON PEACE. [This and the following were composed at the request of Lady Austen in the summer of... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...! Not one of them was mute, And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before And so he did and won it too, For he got first to town, Nor stopp'd till where he had got up He did... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...! Not one of them was mute, And all and each that pass'd that way, Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space,...get down. Now let us sing, Long live the king, And Gilpm long live he, And when he next doth ride abroad, May I be there to see ! ANTI-THELYPHTHORA. A... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...highwayman," Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space;...toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode a race. [1] Amain — with vehemence, vigorously. [2] Hue-and-cry — properly, the term used in law to express... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1840 - 110 pages
...!' Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space...toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode a race. The rush, and shouting, and clatter are here excellently depicted by the artist ; and we, who have... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...again Flew open in short apace ; fThe toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race. And so ho did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; , Nor stopp'd till where he did get up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king, And Gilpin long live he ; And... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 358 pages
...! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd till where he had got up He did... | |
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