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John Gilpin (18th century) was featured as the subject in a well-known comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper, entitled ''The Diverting History of John Gilpin''. Cowper had heard the story from his friend Lady Austen. Gilpin was said to be a wealthy draper from Cheapside in London, who owned land at Olney in Buckinghamshire, near where Cowper lived. It is likely that he was a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of Paternoster Row.〔''The Poetical Works of William Cowper'', P 212, London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1892〕 The poem tells how Gilpin and his wife and children became separated during a journey to the Bell Inn, Edmonton, after Gilpin loses control of his horse, and is carried ten miles farther to the town of Ware. A number of sites commemorate the exploits of John Gilpin, most notably Gilpin's Gallop, a street in the village of Stanstead St Margarets. This was said to have been on the original route taken by the horse and his unfortunate rider. ==External links== The poem in full at *(Bartleby.com ) or *(Folkplay.info ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Gilpin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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