 JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband 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,...  The North American Review - Page 322edited by - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Lambert - 1861 - 62 pages
...said is the essence of humorous narrative, I will venture to read a portion of the poem. " 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,... | |
 | 1882 - 958 pages
...Leonard. Nip. CRYPTOGRAPH. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJ IHGFED С В А " John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown ; A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town." PICTORIAL ACROSTIC. PORTSMOUTH. i. P ear. 2. О strich. 3. R eel. 4. T orch. 5. S hip. 6. M... | |
 | 1884 - 952 pages
...R si. 4. Día. 5.: 6. Dis. 7. Me Dea. 8. JuvEnal. 9. Рагу Satis. NUMERICAL PUZZLE. "John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown ; A Train-band captain eke was he, Of famous Ixmdon town." Key. ABCDEFCHIJKLM.VOPQRSTUVWZY7 so: 2 345 6 7 8 9 10111213141516171819202122232425 MENTAL... | |
 | 1920 - 1002 pages
...HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN 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... | |
 | 1918 - 684 pages
...(Children's aim.) I Introduction, John Gilpin and His Wife at Home — Stanzas 1-8; beginning: "John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he, Of famous London town." Teacher How much of this poem is introduction? Children Eight stanzas. T. What might we call... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 pages
...eg: Hit is full mery in feyre forest* To here the foulys song. (Robin Hood and the Monk.) John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. (Cowper, John Gttpin) All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 pages
...It won't do. We cannot sing to this tune any longer. We greatly prefer, "John Gilpin was a gentleman Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town." Or— "Old Grimes is dead, that good old man, We ne'er shall see him more, He used to wear an... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 pages
...the basic pattern employed by Cowper in "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" (1782): John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. Both poets are imitating ballad measure, and their stanzas bear a parodic relation to traditional... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...HelP; LiTB; NOBE; NOCV; NOEC; NoP; PoEL-3; PWR; SeCePo; TOP; TrGrPo; WGRP John Gilptn 6 John Gilpin e Beach at Fontana 3 Wind whines and whines town. (1. 1—4) 7 Now let us sing, Long live the king, And Gilpin long live he; And when he next doth... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home! 2613 'John Gilpin' John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London Town. 2614 'Light Shining out of Darkness' God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He... | |
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