 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 - 1849 - 44 pages
...mine. " Ah ! luckless speech and bootless! boast, For which he paid full dear ; For while he spoke, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat...horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. ' Case "—condition, state. j " Bootless "—useless,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might. As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpiu's hat and wig Ml SCELL.AJN KOtJS POEMS. He lost them sooner than at first. For why ? — they... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 466 pages
...mine." Ah ! luckless word, and bootless boast, for which he paid full dear ; 40 For, while he spoke, a braying ass' did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if he heard a lion roar ; And galloped off with all his might, as he had done before. Away went Gilpin... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 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...horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | George E. Teter - American poetry - 1918 - 456 pages
...was 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 galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped ugh patient (C/ hat and wig: He lost them sooner than at first: Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting... | |
 | American poetry - 1920 - 1016 pages
...pleasure you came here — you shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast, for whieh he paid full dear! For, while he spake, a braying...horse did snort, as he had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, as he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Literature - 1920 - 668 pages
...for your pleasure you came here, 2« 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 Did sing most loud and clear; 25 Whereat 'his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might,... | |
 | American poetry - 1920 - 996 pages
...did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, as 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 Gilpin,... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1920 - 668 pages
...boast, For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; 25 Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. He lost them sooner than at first, For why?... | |
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