 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 552 pages
...road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. 5 So "Fair and softly," John he cried; But John he cried...curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must 10 Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. &i So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he...mane with both his hands. And eke with all his might. »3 The Diverting History of John Gilpin His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before,... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, "Fair and...mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away went hat and wig; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 pages
...and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat " So, fair and...with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His hcrse, who never in that sort Had handled been liefore, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...finding soon a smoother road, Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried,...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 pages
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd ~ <k Wݳ { o k o _y ^U # 텋>Hv 0 +; [sI ... /y Ҫ= & ] ֑ o w e >ܘS դ 9bt Vzц c7 HE B͟t ) grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, 'Fair and softly.' John he cried, 86 But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop...stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, 90 He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that... | |
 | Frederic W. Robinson - 1928 - 96 pages
...long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. (/) So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit...mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. (g) If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams... | |
 | Edgar Simmons Buchanan, Philip Hanson Hiss - 1929 - 312 pages
...and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, "Fair and...softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1929 - 518 pages
...snorting beast began to trot so Which galld him in his seat. [XXII] So fair and softly, John did cry, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon In spite of curb or rein. 95 [XXIII] So stooping down, äs he needs must Who cannot sit upright, He graspd the mane... | |
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