 Ware ! So, turning to his horse, he said — I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing...  Poems - Page 393by William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 438 pages
...while he spoke, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd off, with all his...than at first ; For why ? —They were too big. Now Gilpin's wife, when she had seen Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pull'd out... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...For, while he spake, a braying ass, Did sing most loud and clear : Whereathis horse did snort as if He heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd off with all his...sooner than at first ; For why ? — They were too big. Jfow Gilpin's wife, when she had seen Her husband posting down ' Into the^country, far away, She pujMbput... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...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...he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin' s hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first, For why — they were too big. Now mistress... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...spake, a braying ass, Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a linn roar ; And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin a hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first ;- For why ? They were too big. Now Gilpin's... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...while he spake, a braying rus, Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd off with all his might, . As he had done before. Away went1 Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first ; For why t They... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...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 gallopped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
.... 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 dgne before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first,... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...boast, For which he paid full dear; For, while he spoke, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear: Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd oil; with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin — and away Went Gilpin's hat and... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar ; And gallopM off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...than at first ; For why ? — They were too big. Now Gilpin's wife, when she had teen Her husband posting down Into the country, far away, She pull'd out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...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...than at first, For why ? — they were too big. Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into tbe country far away, She pull'd out half-a-crown... | |
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