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" 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.... "
Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ... - Page 26
edited by - 1880
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Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry ..., Volume 1

William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...mane, I And up he got, in haste to ride, i But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When turning round his...customers come in. ' So down he came ; for loss of time i Although it griev'd him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more....
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Punch, Volume 102

Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1892 - 362 pages
...saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, _ When, turning round his head, he saw Queer customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of Votes, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long ere these queer customers Were suited...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But oyed, or in place, sir, To cat mutton cold, and cut...that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confessed down stairs, ' The wine is left behind !' Good lack ! quoth he — yet bring it me, My leathern belt...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But »oon pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more....wine is left behind !' Good lack ! quoth he — yet down stain, ' The wine is left behind !' Good lack ! quoth he — yet bring it me, My leathern belt...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...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...pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. ' T was long before the customers Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs,...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reached...Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, " The wine is left behind ! " " Good lack ! " quoth he ; " yet bring it me, My leathern...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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...in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it griev'd him sore, Yet loss of pence full well he knew Would trouble him much more. "Twas long before...
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The Primary School Reader: Designed for the First Class in Primary Schools ...

William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 pages
...John Gilpin, at his horse's side, Seized fast the flowing mane ; And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; — For saddle-tree scarce...suited to their mind, When Betty, screaming, came down stairs — " The wine is left behind ! " " Good lack ! " quoth he ; " yet bring it me, My leathern...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq., with a New Memoir: Compiled from Johnson ...

William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...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...in. So down he came ; for loss of time Although it griev'd him sore, Yet loss of peuce, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before...
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Poems, with a memoir of the author

William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...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...in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it griev'd him sore ; Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before...
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