 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. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting...  Poems - Side 232av William Cowper - 1820 - 480 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1916 - 314 sider
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, "Fair and softly!" John he cried,...curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse,... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 sider
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, "Fair and softly," John he cried,...he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon, So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands,... | |
 | George E. Teter - 1918 - 456 sider
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So "Fair and softly," John he cried,...curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His horse,... | |
 | 1918 - 2062 sider
...heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, n we shall clearly see and understand, I think that we will say, "God knew become a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit... | |
 | 1920 - 1016 sider
...finding soon a smoother road beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, which galled him in his seat. So, "Fair and softly," John he cried,...curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, and eke with all his might. His horse,... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 sider
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. * So "Fair and softly," John he cried;...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. . He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 sider
...road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. ts So "Fair and softly," John he cried; But John he cried...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 680 sider
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. * So "Fair and softly," John he cried;...curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must 10 Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 552 sider
...road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. 5 So "Fair and softly," John he cried; But John he cried...curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must 10 Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 sider
...road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. &i So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he...and rein. * So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands. And eke with all his might. »3 The Diverting... | |
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