 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. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.  Poems - Page 354de William Cowper - 1788Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Cowper - 1852 - 466 pages
...dear : For, while he spake, a hraying ass Did sing most loud and clear 5 Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done hefore. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first, For... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 520 pages
...lucklefs fpeech, and bootlefs boaft ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he fpake, a braying afs Whereat his horfe did fnort, as he Had heard a lion...? — they were too big. Now Miftrefs Gilpin, when me faw Her hufband pofting down Into the country far away, She pull'd out half a crown ; And thus unto... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...dear ; For, while he spake, a braying an Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with...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, when she saw Her... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1909 - 374 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, Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country... | |
 | Georgia Alexander - 1909 - 296 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, when she saw Her... | |
 | 1910 - 542 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, when she saw Her... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 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. 406 Now Mistress Gilpin, when she... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 328 pages
...sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he 205 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 and wig: 210 He lost them sooner than at first, Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 428 pages
...he spake, a braying ass 205 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 210 Went Gilpin's hat and wig: He lost them sooner than at first; For why ?—they were too big. Now... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 426 pages
...School Reader Book Four 205 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 210 Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first ; For why ? — they were too big.... | |
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