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The Diverting History of John Gilpin

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Illustration by Randolph Caldecott.

The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing how he went Farther than he intended, and came safe Home again is a comic ballad by William Cowper written in 1782.^[1] 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.^[2] The poem was published anonymously in the Public Advertiser in 1782, and then published with The Task in 1785.^[3] It was very popular, to the extent that "pirate copies were being sold all across the country, together with Gilpin books and toys."^[2]

The poem was republished in 1878, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott and printed by Edmund Evans. Caldecott's image of Gilpin riding the horse is the basis for the design of the obverse of the Caldecott Medal.

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.

My sister, and my sister's child,
    Myself, and children three,
Will fill the chaise; so you must ride
    On horseback after we.^[4]
— Stanzas 1-4 (lines 1-16)

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disport
(di-SPORT)
verb tr., intr.: To divert or amuse (oneself).
noun: A diversion or amusement.

Etymology
From Old French desporter (to divert), from dis- + porter (to carry).

Usage
"On the island, as on a stage, the people of Paris disport themselves in every attitude of summer recreation." — T.J. McNamara; Seurat's Grand Triumph of Light; New Zealand Herald; Jan 23, 2010.

v., -port·ed, -port·ing, -ports. v.intr.
To amuse oneself in a light, frolicsome manner.

v.tr.

To amuse (oneself) in a light, frolicsome manner.
To display.

n.
Frolicsome diversion.

paparazzi
plural noun 狗仔隊
the photographers who follow famous people everywhere they go in order to take photographs of them for newspapers and magazines

"At the moment she pulled the trigger, her dog jumped on her and diverted the shot," a local police officer told AFP, adding that the dog "probably sensed things and knocked into her to save her."
「在她扣扳機之際，她的狗撲向她，使得射擊偏移，」一名當地警官告訴法新社，他補充說，這隻狗「或許察覺事態，因而衝撞她以便救她。」

divert︰動詞，轉移、轉向、改道。例句︰Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident.（事故現場周邊的交通已改道而行。）
sense︰動詞，感覺到、察覺到、意識到。例句︰We senses the tension in the conference room.（我們察覺到會議室裡的緊張氣氛。）

divert (TAKE ATTENTION AWAY)
verb [T]
1 to take someone's attention away from something:
The war has diverted attention (away) from the country's economic problems.

2 FORMAL to entertain someone:
It's a marvellous game for diverting restless children on long car journeys.

diversion
noun [C]
1 something that takes your attention away from something else:
Shoplifters often work in pairs, with one creating a diversion (= an action that takes someone's attention away from something) to distract the shop assistants while the other steals the goods.

2 FORMAL an activity you do for entertainment:
Reading is a pleasant diversion.

A diversion program in the criminal justice system is a form of sentence^[1] in which the criminal offender joins a rehabilitation program, which will help remedy the behavior leading to the original arrest, and avoid conviction and a criminal record.

diversionary
adjective
The proposal was dismissed as a diversionary tactic intended to distract attention from the real problems.
di・ver・sion

━━ n. （注意を）そらすこと［もの］, 転換; 気晴らし, 娯楽; （資金の）流用; 〔英〕迂回路; 【軍】牽(けん)制, 陽動.
di・ver・sion・ism　n. 偏向.
di・ver・sion・ar・y　