 | William Cowper - 1850 - 514 pages
...nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed. The snorting beast began to trot Which galled him in his seat. So, fair and...; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb or rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began e his country's voice had called The ardent youth...by God's all-seeing eye Seen or'y, while she sought mu>t Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hand«, And eke with all his might.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...smoother road Beneath bis well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in Ms seat. So, fair and softly, John he cried, But John...vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb or rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who can not sit upright, He grasped the mane with both... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb or rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who can not s the fault is all our own, Some blemish in due time made known By trespass or omission; (hat sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got, Did wonder more and more. Away... | |
 | William Cowper - 1852 - 466 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, But John he cried in vain ; That trot hecame a gallop soon, lu spite of curh and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 382 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... | |
 | Joseph S. Moore - 1853 - 900 pages
...heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, So, fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He graspt the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, which never in that sort... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 800 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,...spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he muaf. Who cannot sit upright, Ho grasp'd the mane with both his hand*, And eke with all his might.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...soon a smoother road Beneath his well shod feet, i ; Tho snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. \ So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain, I That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. * ' 1 So stooping down, as needs/lie must... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 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...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands 1 And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
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He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. 
