 The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run.  Poems - Page 337by William Cowper - 1805Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet, John coming back amain : Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, ! The... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...That drove them to the Bell, " This shall be yours when you bring back 31 The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon e the other evening to hear about their great-grandmother Fie stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...This shall be your's when you bring back " My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom, in a trice, he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...: " This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and weU." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ! Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein : But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted"... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 pages
...Bell, " This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein ; — But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done The... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...Bell, " This shall be yours when you brjng back my husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, by catching at his rein : But, not performing what he meant, and gladly would have done. The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 44 pages
...This shall be your's, when you bring back, " My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain,* Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein. ' ,. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
 | 1900 - 614 pages
...the flowing rein ; But only made things worse. Poema, second od., 1786. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein." The subject is continued by LIEUT.-ÜOL. FERGUSSON ; and JO writes that... | |
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