John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. Poems - Side 314av William Cowper - 1815Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Ella Flagg Young, Walter Taylor Field - 1915 - 392 sider
...red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again 10 Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones,...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, is The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, " Fair and softly," John he... | |
| Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 sider
...long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his 2 go But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which... | |
| 1916 - 314 sider
...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,...well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, "Fair and softly!" John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot... | |
| Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 sider
...throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, i With caution and good heed. But 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,"... | |
| James Champlin Fernald - 1917 - 364 sider
...third person after its noun, as may be seen in various old ballads and their modem imitations. Thus: So, fair and softly, John he cried; But John he cried in vain; The trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. PERSONIFICATION IN PRONOUNS Personification... | |
| Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1917 - 614 sider
...exhort you to patience; for I beg it may not be said of me, as was said of the immortal Gilpin: " ' So! fair and softly!' John he cried, but John he cried in vain." Henry and Stearns Wheeler walked up from Cambridge last week. Henry blistered his feet very badly;... | |
| George E. Teter - 1918 - 464 sider
...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,...well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So "Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became... | |
| 1918 - 2062 sider
...long red cloak, well brushed and neat; He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his r the close-shut leaves apart, — Time will reveal...Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may rest. W So,-" Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot become a gallop soon, In... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 sider
...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,...well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. * So "Fair and softly," John he cried; But John he cried in vain; That trot... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 sider
...throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, 2o With caution and good heed. But finding soon a smoother...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 in vain; That trot... | |
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