 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! Tis for a thousand pound ! And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a...wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His recking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...spread around : ' He carries weight ! he rides a race ! "Tis for a thousand pound !" And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full low,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! And still, as fast as he drew near, T was wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike men...head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...pound ! " And still as fast as he drew near, ' T was wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing...reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! And still, as fast пя he drew near, Т was -warriors 1 Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has an lie went bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shattered... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...— " He carries weight !" — " He rides a race !" " 'Tis for a thousand pound !" And still, as fast as he drew near, "Twas wonderful to view How, in a...head full low, The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter' d at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, (Most piteous to be seen !) Which made his horse's... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...spread around ; " He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full low,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 pages
...around — " He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a...full low, The bottles twain, behind his back, Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound! And still, as fast as he drew near, "Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike meu Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full low, The bottles... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race I 'Tis for a thousand pound • And still, as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view. How in a...down His reeking head full low, The bottles twain bebind his bacK Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen,... | |
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