 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
 | 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... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 334 pages
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. u 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 M Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both... | |
 | 1914 - 322 pages
...So— "Fair and softly!" JAMES did cry, But JAMES he cri'd in vain: The GRIFFIN gallop'd off outright, In spite of curb or rein. So stooping down (as needs he must Who cannot sit upright), He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, Away went he — and after him Our heroes rode apace: — They... | |
 | 1923 - 658 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... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 pages
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, " Fair kness of the grave; Thou, over whom thy Immortality...Broods like the I )ny , a Master o'er a Slave, A Pr and rem. So stnoping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his... | |
 | Emilie Kip Baker - 1915 - 232 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... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 pages
...softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. If this Be but a vain belief hie hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What... | |
 | Ella Flagg Young, Walter Taylor Field - 1915 - 392 pages
...Beneath his well-shod feet, is 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, •M In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped... | |
 | 1916 - 314 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... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 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, So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands,... | |
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