The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Poems - Page 255by William Cowper - 1787Full view - About this book
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon e the other evening to hear about their great-grandmother Fie stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...This shall be your's when you bring back " My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom, in a trice, he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...: " This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and weU." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ! Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein : But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted"... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...Bell, " This shall be yours when you brjng back my husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, by catching at his rein : But, not performing what he meant, and gladly would have done. The... | |
| William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 pages
...Bell, " This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein ; — But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done The... | |
| Electronic journals - 1900 - 614 pages
...the flowing rein ; But only made things worse. Poema, second od., 1786. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein." The subject is continued by LIEUT.-ÜOL. FERGUSSON ; and JO writes that... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 44 pages
...This shall be your's, when you bring back, " My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain,* Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein. ' ,. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant And gladly would have done, The frighted... | |
| William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done ; The frighted... | |
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