 Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle...  Poems - Page 334by William Cowper - 1805Full view - About this book
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...particular reason, the following verse : " So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly, which brings me to The middle of my song." Now, it is very remarkable — and we think the coincidence cannot be accidental — that the... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pages
...a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. 152 So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly— which brings me to The middle of my song. Away went Gilpin, out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's... | |
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