 | William Cowper - 1845 - 394 страници
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back, Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be...waist. Thus all through merry Islington These gambols did he play, Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay ; And there he threw the wash about On... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 страници
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter' d at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, (Most piteous to...still, he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle brac'd ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 страници
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he seemed to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 страници
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle brac'd ; For all might see the bottle-necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 страници
...bowing down, his reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be...flanks to smoke, as they had basted been. But still he seemed to carry weight, with leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle-necks still dangling... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 страници
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain, behind his back, Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he seemed to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 страници
...bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be...With leathern girdle braced, For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington Those gambols he did play,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 44 страници
...make his weight on the horse equal to that of a heavier man, * •' Kecking ' —smoking, steaming. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be...flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he seemed to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling... | |
 | 1896 - 664 страници
...Tongue,' fourth edition, p. 405. So late a poet as Cowper has dubbed Islington merry and Edmonton gay— thus, - all through merry Islington These gambols he did play, Until he came unto the Vuish Of Edmonton so gay. ST. SWITHIK. MR. WALFORD may add to his list Wakefield, in Yorkshire. "Merry... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 страници
...bowing down his reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, And made his horse's flanks to smoke, as he had basted been. But still he seemed to carry weight, with... | |
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Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he... 
