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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. 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 278
by William Cowper - 1806
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 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 ;...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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...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...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq., with a New Memoir: Compiled from Johnson ...

William Cowper - 1846 - 310 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...been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, Up flew the windows all ; And ev'ry soul cried out, well done ! As loud as he could bawl....
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Poems, with a memoir of the author

William Cowper - 1847 - 556 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...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....
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The Primary School Reader: Designed for the First Class in Primary ..., Part 3

William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 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 —...
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The Hemans Reader for Female Schools: Containing Extracts in Prose and Poetry

Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 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...
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English Grammar: Illustrated by Exercises in Composition, Analyzing and Parsing

Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1848 - 234 pages
...interest, that there should be such a government of the world as8 designs our happiness.2 — TiUotson. A bottle swinging at each side, as hath been said or sung. — Cowper. • 0 They pretend, in general, to great refinements, as to1 what regards Christianity....
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Weld's English Grammar

Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1848 - 240 pages
...interest, that there should be such a government of the world as8 designs oar happiness.2 — Tillotson. A bottle swinging at each side, as hath been said or sung. — Cowper. They pretend, in general, to great refinements, as to1 what regards christianity. — Addison....
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper ...: Including the Copyright ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 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...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....
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The Dartford edition of The adventures of ... John Gilpin and his family ...

William Cowper - 1849 - 44 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...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...
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