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The Diverting History of John Gilpin - William Cowper

By William Cowper

Release Date: 1800-01-01

Genre: Fiction & Literature

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The 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. [1] The poem was published anonymously in the Public Advertiser in 1782, and then published with the Task in 1785. [2] It was very popular, to the extent that "pirate copies were being sold all across the country, together with Gilpin books and toys.

The Diverting History of John Gilpin - William Cowper

By William Cowper

Release Date: 1800-01-01

Genre: Fiction & Literature

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The 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. [1] The poem was published anonymously in the Public Advertiser in 1782, and then published with the Task in 1785. [2] It was very popular, to the extent that "pirate copies were being sold all across the country, together with Gilpin books and toys.

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