The Diverting History of John Gilpin The Diverting History of John Gilpin

The Diverting History of John Gilpin

William Cowper

Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1878
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
7
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SIZE
820.4
KB

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