How thou wad prance, an' snore, an' skriegh snort, neigh
An' tak the road!
Town's-bodies ran, and stood abeigh, aloof
An' ca't thee mad.
When thou was corn't, an' I was mellow, full of corn
We took the road aye like a swallow:
At brooses thou had ne'er a fellow wedding-races
For pith an' speed;
But ev'ry tail thou pay't them hollow,
Where'er thou gaed. went