 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...soon In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands His horse, who never...Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig. The wind did... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...upright, He grasped the mane with both hie hands, And eke with all his might. H is horse, which »ever n the secret dee Oilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...this more effectually, he bestrode the reposing mass. While thus employed the tortoise, who probably " Never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more ;" and walked off with the Professor, to the great amusement of the Prince, while the philosopher,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...THE PRESENT IIMÍX Hie horse, which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon hie s are silently dispeopled, and armies sluggishly melted away. Th nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig. • The wind... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And, eke, with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been...Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing...Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 pages
...he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been...Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig : He little dreamed, when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...he must Who cannot sit upright, Hegrasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been...Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...must, who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, and eke with all bis might. His horse, who never in that sort had handled been...Gilpin, neck or naught; away went hat and wig; He little dreamed, when he set out, of running such a rig. The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, like streamer... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 pages
...he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig : He little dreamed, when he set out, Of running... | |
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His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ! He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig. 
