 His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting...  Poems - Side 277av William Cowper - 1806Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Edgar Simmons Buchanan, Philip Hanson Hiss - 1929 - 312 sider
...manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o 'er the stones With caution and good heed. But finding...softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1929 - 518 sider
...snorting beast began to trot so Which galld him in his seat. [XXII] So fair and softly, John did cry, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon In spite of curb or rein. 95 [XXIII] So stooping down, äs he needs must Who cannot sit upright, He graspd the mane... | |
 | 1920 - 1002 sider
...to toe. His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, he manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again upon his nimble steed. Full slowly pacing o'er...snorting beast began to trot, which galled him in his ___i • So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, but John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop... | |
 | 1918 - 684 sider
...we'll not stop to consider these now. The Ride — Stanzas 20-49, beginning: "Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed." Places passed: The turnpike-gates. Islington. The Wash of Edmonton. "The Bell" at Edmonton. Ware, the... | |
 | 1819 - 788 sider
...case, he was probably in the long run no better off than John Gilpin, of whom it is written that «• The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat." Hitherto the similarity between the Hetman and the Linen-draper has been sufficiently apparent; but... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 sider
...to toe, His long red cloak, well brush 'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed! 80 But, finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot,... | |
 | Steven D. Price - 2006 - 405 sider
...was — once, long ago, there was. And now there is again. — Beryl Markham, "Was There A Horse with So, fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his... | |
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