Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 251
That hangs upon your face ;And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stareIf wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at ^Vare. So, turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ;Twas ^ov your pleasure you came… … Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar,And galloped ofi with all his might. As ho had done before. JOHN GILPm. 233 Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpins hat and wig ;He lost them sooner than at first; For why ? — they were too big. Now, Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband…
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