dark caves to common shores descend ;Oft by the winds extinct the signal lies,Or, smotherd in the glimmering socket, dies,Eve night has half rolled round her ebon throne.In the wide gulf the shattered coach oerthrownSinks with the snorting steeds ; the reins are brwke,And from the crackling axle… … depicts this leathern convenience. The heavyboot in front, and the equally clumsy coach-man, buried beneath his coat and apron ; theoverloaded top, upon which the cheap travellerreclines in as precarious a position as possible ;the basket behind, in which travellers sit asthey best can, and which…
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