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22 To see my manor as much as I may,

And watch that no souls shall be poached away.

3.

"I have a state-coach at Carlton House,

A chariot in Seymour-place;

But they're lent to two friends, who make me amends

By driving my favourite pace:

And they handle their reins with such a grace,

I have something for both at the end of the race.

4.

"So now for the earth to take my chance."

Then up to the earth sprung he;

And making a jump from Moscow to France,

He stepped across the sea,

And rested his hoof on a turnpike road,

No very great way from a Bishop's abode.

5.

But first as he flew, I forgot to say,

That he hovered a moment upon his way,

To look upon Leipsic plain;