 His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting...  Poems - Page 277by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat. He manfully did throw. 7« Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er...beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. &i So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon,... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...be t Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, Now see hi1n mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er...heed ! But, finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well- shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot. Which galled him in his seat. So, Fair and softly,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er...well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1744 pages
...to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once t also you will lose," said the other. The sweat started...be lost, say I am plunged again in poverty, shall gall'd him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - American literature - 1927 - 586 pages
...to toe, His long red cloak, well-brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his... | |
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