 JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day,...  Poems - Страница 327по William Cowper - 1800Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 262 страници
...p&rum. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OK JOHN GILPIN ; Stunning how he teent further than lie intended, at fame safe home again. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wodded wo have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holy-day... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 страници
...psallo, tremo ; Atque Cupidinea dixit Dea cincta corona, Hen ! fallendi artem quam didicere parum. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; Showing how he went farther than he intetu/ed, ox? came safe home again. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 страници
...creatures ; But difficulties soon abate, When birds are to be taught to prate, And women are the teachers. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; SHOWING HOW...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 страници
...hatred she ever has shown To the black-sceptred rulers of slaves, Resolves to have none of her own. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN. Showing how...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 страници
...place, And mercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to hit lot. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AND CAMS SAFE HOME AGAIN. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was... | |
 | 1830 - 696 страници
...will smile when I tell you the circumstance which took me to Islington. Every one has read Cowper's diverting history of John Gilpin, " showing how he went farther than he intended, and came home safe again." At »chool I used to spout these lines, and now being here on the spot, I determined... | |
 | Jacob Green - 1831 - 296 страници
...will smile when I tell you the circumstance which took me to Islington. Every one has read Cowper's diverting history of John Gilpin, " showing how he went farther than he intended, and came home safe again." At scliool 1 used to spout these lines, and now being here on the spot, I determined... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 страници
...psallo, tremo; Atque Cupidinea dixit Dea cincta corona, Heu! fallendi artern quam didicere paruin. and breaks That humour interposed too often makes; All this ho intended, and came safe home again. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 страници
...be, Dear sir; it cannot fail; For, 'tis incomprehensible, And without head or tail. WILLIAM COWPER. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — " Though wedded \ve have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 страници
...Kempenfelt is gone, His victories are o'er ; And he and his eight hundred, Shall plough the wave no more. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN ; SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AND CAME SAFB HOMK AGAIN. [For this inimitable poem the world is indebted to Lady Austen, as detailed in the... | |
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