 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 - 1824 - 450 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 - 1824 - 470 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 hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to snort, Which gull'd him in his scat. " So — fair and softly !" John he cried, But John he cried in...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 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... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 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 - 1826 - 264 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 - 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
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