 What news? what news? your tidings tell ; Tell me you must and shall — Say why bareheaded you are come, " Or why you come at all ?" Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke : "I came...  Poems - Page 205by William Cowper - 1841 - 423 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...fpoke:— I came becaufe your horfe would corflc; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will foon be here—- They are upon the road. The calender,...to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in; Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...fpoke :— I came becaufe your horfe would come; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will foon be here— They are upon the road. The calender, right...to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in; Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd... | |
 | 1795 - 94 pages
...thus unto the callender In merry guise he spoke: ''••/ l»came because your horse would ctKne; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The callender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 394 pages
...fpoke :— I came becaufe your horfe would come ; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will foon be here — They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Rcturn'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in; Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...fpoke:— I came beeaufe your horfe would came ; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will fboo be here—- They are upon the road. The calender,...to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in ; Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...guile he fpoke: I came becaufe your horfe would come; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will foon be here, They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Retumed him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in ; Whence ftraigbt he came with hat and wij;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...Tell me you must and sYvaVX — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke ! And...calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Returned him not a single word, But to the house went in ; Whence straight he came with hat and wig... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 pages
...Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke! And thus...calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Returned him not a single word, But to the house went in; Whence straight he came with hat and wig;... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And lov'da timely joke ; And thus unto the Callender In merry guise he spoke : I came because your horse...wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The Callender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Jleturn'd him not a single word, But to the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all. Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And lov'da timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry...My hat and wig will soon be here— They are upon tho road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word,... | |
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