 He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4361819Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, " fair and softly," John he cried. But John he cried in vain...: That trot became a 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 pages
...Beneath his well shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain...; That trot became a 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 398 pages
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 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, " Fair and softly," John, he cried, Bat John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit npright, He grasp'd the mane with both... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast liegan to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain;...curb or rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who can not sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Beneath his well-shod feet. The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So " Fair and softly." John he cried ; But John he cried in...vain: That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright. He grasped the mane with both... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 388 pages
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 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, " Fair and softly,'1 John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...Beneath his well shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain...; That trot became a 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... | |
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