 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
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 232 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, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 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... | |
 | John Bennington - 1862 - 72 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, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stoopiug 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... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 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... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 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 - 1863 - 392 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... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 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... | |
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