 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 - 1854 - 460 pages
...snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. 22 So, Fair and softly, John he cried, 23 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. 24 His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he criod in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping clown, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, lie grasp'd the mane with botli... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 458 pages
...snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. 22 So, Fair and softly, John he cried, 23 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. 24 His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | William Maginn - 1855 - 408 pages
...is much more striking after they have fairly started. " So, fair and softly, Joha he cried, But Joho he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon,...needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the -Kane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. " His horse, who never in thut sort Had handled... | |
 | William Maginn - 1855 - 408 pages
...been sufficiently apparent ; but it is much more striking after they have fairly started. 44 So, fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain,...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb or rein. '4 So stooping down, us needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands,... | |
 | Select poetry - 1855 - 80 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...; 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 - 1855 - 582 pages
...shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat So, fair and softly, Jolm 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 - 1855 - 798 pages
...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 his Aiaiht And eke with all his might. His hone, who never in that sort... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 pages
...John he cried, But John he cned in rain ; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rain. 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, who never in that sort... | |
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