 And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at 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.  Poems - Page 323by William Cowper - 1808Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 pages
...'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...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 Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...'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...horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallopp'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah ! luckless speech, and bootless [2] boast, For which he paid full dear ; For, while he...braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat [s] his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...'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 brayiug ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...'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...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 Gilpin,... | |
 | East India college - 1840 - 204 pages
...poet's obsequies. D. A DEBATING SOCIETY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. " Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For while he...spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear." JOHN GILPIN. Day set upon the college steep, And Lee's fair river, broad and deep, And Hoddesdon's... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1841 - 358 pages
...'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...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 Gilpin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boost ' For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake,...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 Gilpin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast I For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake,...horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop 'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...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 Uid sing most loud and clear ; Whnrtwt hiť horse did snort, as he Away went Gilpin, and away Went... | |
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