 Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.  Poems - Page 299by William Cowper - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pages
...did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if he heard a lion roar ; And galloped off with all his might, as he had done before. Away...Gilpin — and away went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first : for why ? — they were too big. 45 Now Gilpin's wife, when she had... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might. As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpiu's hat and wig Ml SCELL.AJN KOtJS POEMS. He lost them sooner than at first. For why ? — they... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 pages
...sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar ; And gallopped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all Ids might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first, For why? — they were too big. Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...Whereat his horse did snort, as be Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As ho a sort of founder of a family ; I should have left > son, who, in all the lost them sooner than at first ; For why ! — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw... | |
 | William Cowper - 1852 - 466 pages
...dear : For, while he spake, a hraying ass Did sing most loud and clear 5 Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done hefore. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first, For... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 520 pages
...lucklefs fpeech, and bootlefs boaft ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he fpake, a braying afs Whereat his horfe did fnort, as he Had heard a lion...fooner than at firft, For why ? — they were too big. Now Miftrefs Gilpin, when me faw Her hufband pofting down Into the country far away, She pull'd out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...dear ; For, while he spake, a braying an Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first, For why — they were too big. Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 382 pages
...sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallopp'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? — they were too big. Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 800 pages
...dear ; For, while he spake, a braying aai Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might/ As ho had done before. Away went GHpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than... | |
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