 Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound...  Poems - Page 279by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Jacob Green - Europe - 1831 - 296 pages
...drove rapidly along. It happened to us as it chanced to the hero of Cowper That still as fast as we drew near, Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. • At Islington I left the coach, and began to inquire for the Bell tavern. Every one thought I must... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...His fame soon spread around — " He carries weight! he rides a race! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice llie turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...His fame soon spread around, " He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike mei. Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race 1 "Tis for a thousand pound ' VOL. vn. Q And still, as fast as he drew near, Twas wonderful...head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound. And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full low,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound. And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full low,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful...head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's... | |
 | 752 pages
...his fraternity, immortalized by Cowpcr in Johnny Gilpin, in the following lines ; " And still as fait as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gales wide open threw," the mammon-loving money-taker slammed the gate in the face... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...His fame soon spread around, " He carries weight ! [i] he rides a race ! "Tis for a thousand pound !" And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking [2] head full... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 pages
...the conduct of his fraternity, immortalized by Cowper in Johnny Gilpin, in the following lines ; " And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw," the mammon-loving money-taker slammed the gate in the face... | |
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