 Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound...  Poems - Side 279av William Cowper - 1806Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Jacob Green - 1831 - 264 sider
...drove rapidly along. It happened to us as it chanced to the hero of Cowper That still as fast as we drew near, Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. • At Islington I left the coach, and began to inquire for the Bell tavern. Every one thought I must... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 882 sider
...His fame soon spread around — " He carries weight! he rides a race! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice llie turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835
...His fame soon spread around, " He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike mei. Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835
...fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race 1 "Tis for a thousand pound ' VOL. vn. Q And still, as fast as he drew near, Twas wonderful...head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836
...he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound. And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full low,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836
...he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound. And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full low,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 514 sider
...he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful...head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's... | |
 | ...his fraternity, immortalized by Cowpcr in Johnny Gilpin, in the following lines ; " And still as fait as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gales wide open threw," the mammon-loving money-taker slammed the gate in the face... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839
...His fame soon spread around, " He carries weight ! [i] he rides a race ! "Tis for a thousand pound !" And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking [2] head full... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1851
...the conduct of his fraternity, immortalized by Cowper in Johnny Gilpin, in the following lines ; " And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw," the mammon-loving money-taker slammed the gate in the face... | |
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