 Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke, As they had basted been. But still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle-necks,...  Child Life: A Collection of Poems - Page 238edited by - 1872 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...bowing down His reeking 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...still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle brac'd ; For all might see the bottle-necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...bowing down His recking 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 mode his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he secm'd to carry weight) With... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...through merry Islington These gambols he did play, And till he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay. And there he threw the wash about On both sides... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shattered at a blow. he eea. 0 seemed to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shattered at a blow. required. These general notions of property were then...purposes of human life ; and might, perhaps, still seemed to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...bowing down His reeking 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...still, he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle brac'd ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he seemed to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...bowing down His reeking 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...still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle brac'd ; For all might see the bottle-necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain bebind his bacK Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...With leathern girdle braced; For all might see the bottle-necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington These gambols he did play.... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 pages
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain, behind his back, Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he seemed to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling... | |
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