The country parson’s pregnant wife,

Thou friend of dull domestic life,

Or, with his maid and aunt, to school,

To carry Dicky, on a stool.

Or, haply to some christ’ning gay,

A brace of godmothers convey.—

Or, when blest Saturday prepares

For London tradesmen rest from cares,

’Tis thine, o’er turnpikes newly made,

When timely show’rs the dust have laid,