 For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.  Punch - Page 316edited by - 1892Full view - About this book
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...Were never folk's so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. 14 John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane,...he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; 48 For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...• Were never folk so glad; The stones did rattle underneath As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride — For saddle tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...Were never folk so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside (1) were mad. John Giilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane,...saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...Were never folks so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane,...saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1746 pages
...The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seiz'd fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to...But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in.... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...glad, The stones did rattle underneath As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seiz'd fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to...ride, But soon came down again. For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in.... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - American literature - 1927 - 586 pages
...wheels, Were never folk so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane,...saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...glad, The stones did rattle underneath As if Cheapside were mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side 45 Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste...saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, 50 When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time,... | |
 | Kathleen Snodgrass - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 144 pages
...bold" whose horseback ride from London to Edmonton graphically demonstrates the powers of gravity: "And up he got, in haste to ride/ But soon came down again."3 The oblique reference to this comic work situates both Gilpin and the others' journey in a... | |
 | Douglas Bond - Hymn writers - 1999 - 260 pages
...said Mr. Pipes. "Let me see if I can remember some of it: John Gilpin, at his horse's side, Seiz'd fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again." "I memorized it in grammar school," said Mrs. Beccles, tidying up the tea things. "Mr. Cowper sometimes... | |
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