 Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.  Poems - Page 299by William Cowper - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Joseph S. Moore - Ballads, English - 1853 - 900 pages
...ass Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallopt off with all his might, Aa he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig: He lost them sooner than at first; For why? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; "Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with...he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin 's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? — they were too big. Now mistress... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...Whereat his horse did snort; as he Had heard a lion roar, Andgallop'd ofi'with all his might, As ho had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; lie lost them sooner than at first, For why—they were too big. Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw... | |
 | Literature - 1910 - 542 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first; For why? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1909 - 374 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first, Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country... | |
 | Georgia Alexander - Readers - 1909 - 296 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first, For why ?—they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first; For why ? — they were too big. 406 Now Mistress Gilpin, when she... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 328 pages
...sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he 205 Had heard a lion roar, And gallop' d off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig: 210 He lost them sooner than at first, Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1909 - 426 pages
...School Reader Book Four 205 Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away 210 Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first ; For why ? — they were too big.... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Basal reading instruction - 1909 - 428 pages
...he spake, a braying ass 205 Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, . And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away 210 Went Gilpin's hat and wig: He lost them sooner than at first; For why ?—they were too big. Now... | |
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