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. Away went... Poems - Side 283av William Cowper - 1806Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 sider
...half-a-crown. And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell — This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The...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. Away went Gilpin,... | |
| 1920 - 1016 sider
...half a crown; And thus unto the youth she said, that drove them to the Bell, " This shall be yours when you bring back my husband safe and well." The...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. Away went Gilpin,... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 sider
...unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours, when you bring back 10 My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and...a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein; is But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 680 sider
...posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half-a-crown; 25 And thus unto the youth she said, The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming...a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein; 5 But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frightened steed he frighted more... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 sider
...That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well." 22° The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming...a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein; »«4 But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frightened steed he frighted... | |
| Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 sider
...half a crown; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well." The...coming back amain — Whom in a trice he tried to stop, But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more,... | |
| Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 sider
...half a crown ; And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell— This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The...his rein ; But, not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 sider
...half a crown ; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall lie yours when you bring back My husband safe and well." The...did meet John coming back amain : Whom in a trice 1 o tried to stop By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have... | |
| Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 sider
...half a crown; And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell — This shall be yours harness in the icy caves And barren chasms, and all...moon. Then saw they how there hove a dusky barge, gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 sider
...out half a crown ; And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The...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. Away went Gilpin,... | |
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