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Page 295 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems, Volume 2 Poems, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1800 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2006 |
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