Published March 13, 1805 by

THE TILTED WAGGON,

LAURIE & WHITTLE, 63 Fleet Street, London.

The following pleasant COUPLETS were written in a TILTED WAGGON, between Hambledon and Bishops Waltham, Hampshire; by Signor JIGGORINI, Knight of the Three Periwigs, and Poet-Laureat to the Hambledon Waggon.

1.—Dragon.

ST. GEORGE rode fierce, on furious steed,
When he subdued the dragon;

But Georgiana, fairest maid,
Rides safe in tilted waggon.

2.—Brag-on.

With four in hand Sir Harry drives,
And 'tis a thing to brag-on;

Of such mad folks, God spare the lives!
And send them a safe waggon.

3.—Drag-on.

Thro' bogs, thro' fens, thro' miry grounds,
The wearied hunters drag-on;

The Colonel, sure, would leave his hounds,
To ride in such a waggon!

4.—Bag-on.

His Lordship rides in close sedan,
With powder'd wig and bag-on!

Oh! sure I am a happier man,
Who rides in tilted waggon.

5.—Stag-on.

With hounds and horn Earl Percy went
To drive the nimble stag-on;

'Twere better had he been content
To drive a tilted waggon.

6.—Shag-on.

The lamb is cloth'd in woolly fleece,
Rough Bruin has his shag-on;

Here, warm and snug, and all at ease,
We ride in tilted waggon.

7.—Flagon.

Nectareous tea the ladies sip,
The rustic drains his flagon;

Oh! let me taste the honied lip
Of nymph in tilted waggon!

8.—Leg-on.

How pleasant is my Betsey's lap,
To rest the wearied leg-on;

I'd leave a throne to take a nap
With her, in tilted waggon!

9.—Dagon.

A golden calf was Israel's bane,
Philistia worship'd Dagon;

Far lovelier idols we have seen,
And worship'd, in a waggon!

10.—Pagan.

I am no blind idolater,
No Jew, no Turk, no Pagan;

And yet I fondly kneel to her
That rides in tilted waggon.

11.—Nag-on.

When I the Llithe Maria see,
Mounted, her prancing nag-on,

I sware, 'twere safer far, if she
Would ride in tilted waggon.

12.—Rag-on.

The humble maid, whom none reproach,
Tho' she has scarce a rag-on,

Would feel less pleasure in a coach,
Than in a tilted waggon.

13.—Lag-on.

In gilded chariots, sad and slow,
The tardy moments lag-on;

Too rapidly our hours go,
So jocund in a waggon.

14.—Crag-on.

Loud howls the storm, the shipwreck'd tar
Sits pensive, yon high crag-on;

He sees, with tears, the land afar,
And sighs for tilted waggon.

15.—Zig-zag-on.

Great Catharine treads the crooked way,
Ambition leads, zig-zag-on;

We travel safe, none go astray,
Minerva rules our waggon!

16.—Fag-on.

Like sober girl, Jane stays at home,
Whilst we to Waltham fag-on;

Some ride, some trudge a-foot, and some
Mount jovially the waggon.

17.—Tag-on.

The poet seeks a tinkling rhyme,
His hum-drum verse to tag-on;

How far more musical the chimes
Of bells, in tilted waggon!

18.—Plague-on.

Ye maidens all, attend to me—

“ 'Tis pride brings every plague-on;

“Oh! come and take my recipe,
“ Four horses and a waggon.”