 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...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. 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... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 876 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... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - Literature - 1905 - 354 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 Mrs. Gilpin when she saw Her husband... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Literature - 1910 - 330 pages
...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... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - Wit and humor - 1905 - 316 pages
...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. Away...went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He Jost them sooner than at first, For why ? They were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - English literature - 1906 - 806 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 Mrs. Gilpin, •> iien she saw... | |
 | William Cowper - Horsemanship - 1906 - 58 pages
...sing most loud and clear ; 36 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... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1908 - 352 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... | |
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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 galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. 
