 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 before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 4361819Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1840 - 378 Seiten
...softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop 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, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 Seiten
...Beneath his well shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop 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... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 Seiten
...So, "Fair and softly," John he cri»«d. But John he cried in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon, So stooping down, as needs he 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...Beneath hi« well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, fair vantages. If he that shared the danger enjoyed the...profit, and after bleeding in the battle, grew rich and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 Seiten
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and ver, Mr Harley, the house where I lay took fire, and burnt to the -•H'und ; I was carried ou hie hands, And eke with all his might. H is horse, which »ever in that sort Had handled been before,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 Seiten
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So " Fair and softly," John he cried ; But John he cried in...; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 Seiten
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot — Which gall'd him in his seat. " So, fair and softly !" John he cried— But John he cried in...; That trot became a gallop 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...Beneath his well shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, fair and softly ! Jobn he cried, But Jobn he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, Hegrasp'd the mane with both his... | |
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