Title | : | The Diverting History of John Gilpin |
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Author | : | William Cowper |
Release | : | 1878-01-01 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature |
Size | : | 820416 |
The story of Diverting History of John Gilpin is a comic ballad by William Cowper about John Gilpin, written in 1782. The ballad concerns a draper called John Gilpin who rides a runaway horse. Cowper heard the story from Lady Anna Austen at a time of severe depression, and it cheered him up so much that he put it into verse. It was very popular, to the extent that pirate together with Gilpin toys. |