The town still improving, became the delight
Of strangers, and others, so charming its sight,
That a bridge cross the river being lately propos’d,
The cash was subscrib’d, and the bargain soon clos’d.
The King, Lords, and Commons approving the scheme,
The bridge was begun, and now’s building between[72]
Two counties, when finish’d, no doubt ’twill produce
Fairs, markets for cattle, and all things for use.
Let us drink then a bumper to Stockton’s success,
May its commerce increasing ne’er meet with distress;