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
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 sider
...the Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well. , n coming back amain s Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein; But not performing what he meant , And gladly would have dune, Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-bo; at his heels, The post-boy's horse... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 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 Cowper - 1825 - 244 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 Cowper - 1826 - 264 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 Cowper - 1828 - 468 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 Cowper - 1830 - 374 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,... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 sider
...half-a-crown ; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, " This shall be yonr's, when yon bring back My husband, safe and well/* The youth did...at his rein; But not performing what he meant. And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighten'd more. And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 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 Cowper - 1835 - 620 sider
...away, She pull'd out half a crown ; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming...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 Cowper - 1836 - 402 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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