 What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall — Say why bareheaded you are come, Or why you come at all?' Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke: 'I came because...  Poems - Side 357av William Cowper - 1812Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 sider
...come, Or why you come at all ?'* Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And lov'da timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke: " I came because your horse would come ; And, if I well forbode, My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road." The calender, right glad to find... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 sider
...wit, And lov'da timely joke ; And thus unto Tom Callender, In merry strains, he spoke — " I come because your horse would come ; "And if I well forebode,...wig will soon be here ; " They are upon the road." Tom Callender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Returned him not a single word, But to the... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 sider
...joke ; And thus unto Tom Callender, In merry strains he spoke : — " I came because your horse T/ould come ; And if I well forebode, My hat and wig will soon be here ; They are upon the road." Tom Callender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 sider
...at once did cry, The dinner waits—and we are tired.— Said Gilpin, So am I." " I came because my horse would come; And if I well forebode, My hat and wig will soon be here, For they're upon the road." We subjoin a few more examples: " For he, by geometric scale, Could take... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 sider
...timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke '• And, if I well forebode, M v hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road....calender right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Returned him not a single word, But to the house went in ; Whence straight be came with hat and wig... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 sider
...come, Or, why you come at all ?" Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And lov'da timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke : " I came, because your horse would come ; And if I well forebode, Myhat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road." The calender, right glad to find His friend... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 sider
...lov'da timely joke; And thus unto Torn Callender, In merry strains he spoke : — ' I came because yonr horse would come ; And if I well forebode, •£ My...wig will soon be here; . They are upon the road." Tom Callender, right glad to find His friend in merty pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 sider
...come at all •" Now Oilpin had a pleasant wit, And luv'da timely joke; Aud thus unto the callender, In merry guise he spoke — " I came because your horse would come, And if I well forbode, My hat and wig will ¿oon be hero ; They are upon ¡he r'jiJ. The calender, right glad to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 sider
...come, Or why you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke : I came because...and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. 13 JOHN GILPIti. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin. Returned him not a single... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 sider
...come, Or why you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And lov'da timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke : I came because your horse would come ; And, if I well forbode, My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The calender right glad to find... | |
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