 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 what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went...  Poems - Seite 283von William Cowper - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...shall be yours when you bring /back My husband safe and welL I The youth did ride, and soon did mo^t ; V But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 Seiten
...big. Now Mistress Gilpm, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country, far away, She pull'd out half a crown ; And thus unto the youth she said...at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 Seiten
...said That drove them to the Bell : " This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and weU." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming...at his rein : But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted" steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...half a crown ; 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...did ride, and soon did meet, John coming back amain i Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Dell, This shall be yours, whon you bring bm v. My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meel Jobn coming back amain : Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 Seiten
...half a crown, 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...his rein ; — But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 Seiten
...And thus unto the youth she said, that drove them to the Bell, " This shall be yours when you brjng back my husband safe and well." The youth did ride,...his rein : But, not performing what he meant, and gladly would have done. The frighted steed he frighted more, and made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 44 Seiten
...They were too big1. Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away She pulled out half a crown. And thus unto the youth...his rein. ' ,. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 Seiten
...out half a crown ; 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...at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 Seiten
...thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring hack My husband safe and well. The youth did ride and soon...coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, Py catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
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