 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...be, Dear sir; it cannot fail; For, 'tis incomprehensible, And without head or tail. WILLIAM COWPER. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — " Though wedded \ve have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...Kempenfelt is gone, His victories are o'er ; And he and his eight hundred, Shall plough the wave no more. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN ; SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AND CAME SAFB HOMK AGAIN. [For this inimitable poem the world is indebted to Lady Austen, as detailed in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...hatred she ever has shown To the black-sceptred rulers of slaves, Resolves to have none of her own. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; SHOWING HOW...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...the crime) I wish them, I confess, Or better managed, or encouraged less. THE DIVERTING HISTORY or JOHN GILPIN, SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 pages
...rulers of slaves, Resolves to have none of her own. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; SHOWING HOW BE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AND CAME SAFE HOME...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...encouraged less. THE DIVERTING HISTORY or JOHN GILPIN, SHOWING HOVT HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, ANU CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...the MORALS clean, (Forgive the crime) I wish them, I confess, Or better managed, or encouraged less. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN, SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, ANU CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band Captain eke... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...corona, Heu ! fallendi artem quam didicere parum. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; Showing June he went farther than he intended, and came safe home...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... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...lays claim to your attention as the " leading article," though, perhaps, he has merely to relate, " how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again." Has he been involved in a wordy war? Then he will astonish you with the point of his repartees, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...encouraged less. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN, SHOWING BOW BE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AMD CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of...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... | |
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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, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day,... 
