 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? — they...husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half a crown ; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall... | |
 | William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar ; And gallopped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half-a-crown ; And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell, This shall... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...Whereat his horse did snort, as be Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As ho a sort of founder of a family ; I should have left...erudition, in genios, in taste, in honour, in generosity, pulled out half-a-crown ; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all Ids might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and...were too big. Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her hushand posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half a erown ; And thus unto the youth... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped of power to smile At thorns, and brakes, and brambles, — and, in truth, More ragged than need wa : 310 He lost them sooner than at first; For why ? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when... | |
 | Adventure stories - 1916 - 314 pages
...sing most loud and clear; 75 Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half-a-crown; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half a crown. And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, The youth did... | |
 | George E. Teter - American poetry - 1918 - 464 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half-a-crown; And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, "This shall... | |
 | George E. Teter - American poetry - 1918 - 456 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her htisband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half-a-crown ; And thus unto the youth... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped ugh patient (C/ Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out... | |
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Ah ! luckless speech and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. 
