 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. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing...  Poems - Page 393by William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...boast ! For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear j Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd oil' with all his might, As he had done befure. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig:... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...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. sc — 6. o Away went GUpin, and away Went... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 460 pages
...boast! For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; 52 Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallopp'd off with all his might, As he had done before. 53 Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's... | |
 | Rose Lucia - 1912 - 170 pages
...said, ' I am in haste to dine, 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.' " Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first, For why 'I They were too big. " His wife saw him gallop past again. She thought that he was crazy. She asked... | |
 | 1914 - 322 pages
...— Just as he spoke, a cannonade Did roar most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before Away went MADISON — away Went chapeau-bras once more. So frighted was the horse, it fell Much sooner than before.... | |
 | Allen Culling Clark - 1914 - 630 pages
...— Just as he spake, a cannonade Did roar most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Madison — away Went chapeau-bras once more; So frighted was the horse, it fell Much sooner than before.... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 334 pages
...sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he m 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... | |
 | 1923 - 658 pages
...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 galloped off with all his might As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 pages
...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; husbanded, By exhortation of my frugal Dame — n Motley acc galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | Ella Flagg Young, Walter Taylor Field - 1915 - 392 pages
...! For which he paid full dear ; w 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 galloped off with all his might, 3> As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's... | |
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