 The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung. The dogs...  Poems - Page 278by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | William Maginn - 1855 - 408 pages
...a touch of poetry beyond any thing to be found in John Gilpin. His dangers were of another sort. " The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all" — The extreme folly of thus suddenly throwing open their windows (an ugly trick by which many an... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...wind did blow, the cloak did ffy Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, • Then might all people well discern The bottles he...been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children scream' d, Tip flew the windows all ; And every soul cried out, "Well done !" As loud as he could bawl.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...loop and button failing botli, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles ho had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath...been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, Up flew the windows all; And every soul cried out, "Well done!" As loud as he could bawl.... | |
 | Adventure stories - 1916 - 314 pages
...blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away, Then might all people well discern The bottles...the windows all; And every soul cried out — "Well done !" As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, "He... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 pages
...the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay ; Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles...swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung. And every soul cried out, "Well done ! " As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he... | |
 | George E. Teter - American poetry - 1918 - 456 pages
...the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles...the windows all ; And every soul cried out, "Well done !" As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he? His fame soon spread around; "He... | |
 | David Sinclair Burleson - English language - 1919 - 330 pages
...a mile. 14. Promise is most given when the least is said. 15. He that is proud eats up himself. 16. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, up flew the windows all. for each italicized word or 5. I know the writer of this. 6. Only trained men are wanted. 7. Let us... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Literature - 1920 - 668 pages
...cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. 15 Then might all people well discern The bottles he...or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed; 20 Up flew the windows all; And every soul cried out, "Well done!" As loud as he could bawl. Away went... | |
 | American poetry - 1920 - 996 pages
...the cloak did fly, like streamer long and gay; Till, loop and button failing both, at last it flew away. Then might all people well discern the bottles he had slung — A bottle swinging at each jide, as hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, up flew the windows all;... | |
 | Canada - 1920 - 758 pages
...among the astonished natives, as this terrific phalanx advanced toward their devoted settlements ; " The dogs did bark, the children screamed, " Up flew the windows all " And every soul cried well a day ! " As loud as they could bawl." The women fled in crowds from the potent general, notwithstanding... | |
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