136 ANNALS OF THE ROAD. 



May tandems crush their monkey brood, 



Who spurn the dragsman's skill ! 

 May guards and porters all be rude, 



And if they travel still, 

 Be every lean machiner screw' d 



To multiply their ill ! 



Where most they wish their journey o'er, 



May they be stopped at every pot-house door ; 



Wherever business bids them go, 



May all the coaches travel slow ! 



And may they journey in their niggard age, 



Where guards and coachmen come to kick at every stage. 



H. 



'Brighton, September 2, 1827.' 



