 For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew Would trouble him much more.  Poems - Seite 276von William Cowper - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | G. K. Chesterton - 2004 - 300 Seiten
...following stanza is from William Cowper's long comic poem about the wild carriage ride of John Gilpin: Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, CHAPTER VIII The Professor Explains When Gabriel Syme found himself finally established in a chair,... | |
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