 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...bring back My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain : Whom in a trice he .tried to stop, By catching at...heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumb'ring of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With post-boy scamp'rmg... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain : Whom in a trice he.tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing...frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilphi, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumb'ring... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well. , n coming back amain s Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his...not performing what he meant , And gladly would have dune, Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-bo; at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...bring back My husband safe and well, The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his...postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to mi The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scampering... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his...And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away \V oui. .postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...bring back My husband bate and well. ihe youth did ride, and soon did meet John earning back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his...frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Giipin, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad te mías The lumb'ring... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, He thereby frighted Gilpin's horse, And maJe him faster run. Away went Gilpin — and away Went...postboy at his heels ; The postboy's horse right glad to mis«^ The lumb'ring of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly. With postboy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet, John coming back amain : Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his...heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumb'ring of the wheels. Bix gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scamp'ring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his...went Gilpin, and away Went postboy at his heels, The posthoy's horse right glad to miss The lumb'ring of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 262 pages
...bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet, John coming back amain : Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his...performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, Tho frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went postboy... | |
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And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, " This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain — Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his... 
