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" Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race. "
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Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery

William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...They raised the hue and cry : — Stop thief ! stop thief! — a highwayman Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in...Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For be got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...Stop thief ! stop thief ! —a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute; i And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit And now the turnpike...did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd till where he did get up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king, And Gilpin...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1826 - 262 pages
...Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ' Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike...The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a And •o he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd till where he did get up He...
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The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...Stop thief ! Stop thief ! — a highwayman !" Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way, Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike...did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd till where he had got np He did again set down. Now let us sing, long live the king, And Giipin...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...was mute j So they, and all that pass'd that wa^, , Soon join'd in Ihe pursuit. And now the turnpikes gates again Flew open in short space ; The tollmen...did, and won it too ; For he got first to town : Nor stopp'd till where he had got up, He did again get down. Now !et us sing — " Long live the king ;...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1830 - 374 pages
...Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike...did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king, And Gilpin...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike-gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking,...did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd till, where he had got up. He did again get down. Now let us sing, Long live the Kiny ! And...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...They raised the hue and cry, — Stop thief ! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in...where he had got up He did again get down. Now let ua sing, long live the king, And Gilpin, long live he ; And, when he next doth ride abroad, May 1 be...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike-gates again Flew open in short space: The tollmen thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so lie did ; and won it too; For he got first to town; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again...
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The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review ...

William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman!" Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike...did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king, And Gilpin,...
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