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" The wind did blow, the cloak did fly Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. "
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ... - Page 171
1800
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Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...Who cannot fit upright, He grafp'd the mane with both his hand:., And eke with all his might. Away Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, Away went hat and...running fuch a rig. The horfe, who never had before Eeen handled in this kind, Affrighted fled ; and, as he flew, Left all the world behind. The wind did...
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The Life of John Gilpin,: Taken from Divers Manuscripts in the Possession of ...

William Cowper - 1785 - 184 pages
...upright, ' He grafp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. Away went hat and wig j He little dreamt, when he fet out, Of running fuch a rig. The horfe, whenever had before Been handled in this kind, Affrighted fled j and, as he flew, Left all the world...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...that fort Had handled been before^ • f , What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought^ • , . -. Away went...fuch a rig. ',"'•;'••:•..•" ;•!'!" The wind did blow, the cloak did fly* » f „ Like ftreamer long and gay, ' . . . , .,-,'. 'Till loop...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...never in that fort 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...when he fet out,, Of running fuch a rig. *• The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like ftrcamer long and gay, 'Till loop and button failing both, At...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...never in that fort 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...dreamt, when he fet out, Of running fuch a rig. The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like ftreamer long and gay, 'Till loop and button failing both, At...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...grafp'd the mane wifh both his hand;, And eke withuil his might. -Aw.iy want Gilpin, neck or nougbi, Away went hat and" wig ; He little dreamt, when he fet out,. Of rtmning fuch a rig. /The horfe, who never had before Been handled in this kind, Affrighted fled; and,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...never in that fort, 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...little dreamt, when he fet out, Of running fuch a rig. N 2 The The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like ftreamer-long and gay, Till loop and button failing...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...

William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...never in that fort 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...dreamt, when he fet out, Of running .fuch a rig ! The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like ftreamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...never in that fort 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 fet out, I Of running fuch a rig! The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like ftreamer long and gay, Till, loop...
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Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].

1795 - 94 pages
...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 sat out, Of running such a rig. The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, 'Till...
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