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50 No Spanish jealousies thy lanes infest, Nor Roman vengeance stabs th' unwary breast: Here Tyranny ne'er lifts her purple hand, But Liberty and Justice guard the land: No bravoes here profess the bloody trade, Nor is the church the murd’rer's refuge made.
 * Let not the chairman, with assuming stride,

Press near the wall, and rudely thrust thy side: The laws have set him bounds; his servile feet Should ne'er encroach where posts defend the street. Yet who the footman's arrogance can quell Whose flambeau gilds the sashes of Pall-Mall, When in long rank a train of torches flame, To light the midnight visits of the dame? Others, perhaps, by happier guidance led, May where the chairman rests with safety tread: Whene'er I pass, their poles, unseen below, Make my knee tremble with the jarring blow.
 * If wheels bar up the road where streets are cross'd,

With gentle words the coachman's ear accost: He ne'er the threat or harsh command obeys, But with contempt the spatter'd shoe surveys.