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66 And humblest gig through sundry suburbs whirl,

To Hampstead, Brentford, Harrow make repair;

Till the tired jade the wheel forgets to hurl,

Provoking envious gibe from each pedestrian churl.

LXX.

Some o'er thy Thamis row the ribboned fair,

Others along the safer turnpike fly;

Some Richmond-hill ascend, some scud to Ware,

And many to the steep of Highgate hie.

Ask ye, Bœotian Shades! the reason why?N15

'Tis to the worship of the solemn Horn,