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far the muse has trac'd, in useful lays, The proper implements for wint'ry ways; Has taught the walker with judicious eyes To read the various warnings of the skies: Now venture, muse! from home, to range the town, And for the public safety risk thy own.
 * For ease and for dispatch the morning's best;

No tides of passengers the street molest.— You'll see a draggled damsel here and there, From Billingsgate her fishy traffick bear: On doors the sallow milkmaid chalks her gains; Ah! how unlike the milkmaid of the plains! Before proud gates attending asses bray, Or arrogate with solemn pace the way;—