John he cried ; But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop 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. Poems - Strana 319podľa William Cowper - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| William Cowper - 1854 - Počet stránok 460
...snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. 22 So, Fair and softly, John he cried, 23 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. 24 His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before,... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - Počet stránok 806
...beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he criod in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping clown, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, lie grasp'd the mane with botli his And eke with all... | |
| George E. Teter - 1918 - Počet stránok 456
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So "Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain...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... | |
| 1918 - Počet stránok 2062
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, So,-" Fair clearly see and understand, I think that we will say, "God knew become a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - Počet stránok 668
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. ts So "Fair and softly," John he cried; But John he cried in vain;...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - Počet stránok 680
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. * So "Fair and softly," John he cried; But John he cried in vain;...curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must 10 Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - Počet stránok 1920
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. &i So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands. And eke with all his might. »3 The Diverting History of John... | |
| Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - Počet stránok 380
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, "Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain;...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought;... | |
| Carlo Formichi - 1925 - Počet stránok 518
...Beneath his well- shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot. Which galled him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain...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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - Počet stránok 412
...Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat " So, fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His hcrse, who never in that sort... | |
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