 Ware ! So, turning to his horse, he said — I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing...  Poems - Strana 393autor/autoři: William Cowper - 1800 - 420 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 str.
...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; ring winds ; ye rustling leaves be still ; Kest, silver bu galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin'» hat... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 str.
...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 gallopped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 str.
...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 gallop' d off, with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin' s... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 str.
...sing most loud and clear ; — Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallopped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...sooner than at first For why ? They were too big. Now, Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half a... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 str.
...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 beforeAway went Gilpin, and away went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 str.
...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 gallopped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 str.
...! ^ 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...He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? they wiere too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 str.
...did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if he heard a lion roar ; And galloped off with all his might, as he had done before. Away...sooner than at first : for why ? — they were too big. 45 Now Gilpin's wife, when she had seen her husband posting down Into the country far away, she pulled... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 str.
...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 Gilpiu's hat and wig Ml SCELL.AJN KOtJS POEMS. He lost them sooner than at first. For why ? — they... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 44 str.
...boast, For which he paid full dear ; For while he spoke, 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. ' Case "—condition, state. j " Bootless "—useless,... | |
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