The above verses in the handwriting of Cowper were found among Mrs. Unwin’s papers, with a drawing, supposed to be by Romney, of Mrs. Gilpin sitting on the top of a gate. The idea seems to be that Mrs. Gilpin having tired waiting for her husband, wandered into the fields, and in an attempt to get over one of those awkward styles for which Enfield was then famous, got upon the top, but could not get down again. The drawing is very ludicrous.
From Hone’s Table Book, Vol. II., pp. 79-80.
The Diverting History of Moore’s Life of Byron.
Shewing how the Poet burnt the original, and afterwards published the copy.
Lord Byron was a nobleman,
Of wonderful renown,
A splendid poet eke was he,
Of famous London Town.
Lord Byron said to Tommy Moore,