 So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.  Poems - Page 249by William Cowper - 1787Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping 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 Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping 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 which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping 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 I Had handled been before, What tiling upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...soon In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. c 2 27 His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got... | |
 | Book - 1859 - 334 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping 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, which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | English poetry - 1859 - 374 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping 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 Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | William Cowper - 1860 - 506 pages
...soon, In spite of curb or rein. So stooping down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasped 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... | |
 | Graduated series - 1860 - 264 pages
...soon, in spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands and eke with all his might. His horse, which never, in that sort, had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got, did wonder... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping 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 Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | Benjamin Lambert - Humor in literature - 1861 - 62 pages
...In spite of curb and rein. " So stooping 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 Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got, Did wonder... | |
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