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Attentive to the beating Watch appears,
And ev'ry Minute, ev'ry Second, hears:
When now, the Warning told the Hour's approach,
Betty's dispatch'd to Robin for the Coach.
And ev'ry Minute, ev'ry Second, hears:
When now, the Warning told the Hour's approach,
Betty's dispatch'd to Robin for the Coach.
But how Cross Fate does our Designs prevent,
By some unlook'd for, Luckless Accident?
No sooner did she at the Coach arrive,
And Orders gave to Robin where to drive,
But found, (Oh fatal Chance!) yet found too late,
The Petticoat too Wide, the Door too Strait:
Entrance, by Force, she oft attempts to gain,
Betty's assistance too she calls in vain,
The stubborn Whalebone bears her back again.
Vex'd at the Balk, on Foot she trips her way,
For Woman's Will admits of no Delay:
By some unlook'd for, Luckless Accident?
No sooner did she at the Coach arrive,
And Orders gave to Robin where to drive,
But found, (Oh fatal Chance!) yet found too late,
The Petticoat too Wide, the Door too Strait:
Entrance, by Force, she oft attempts to gain,
Betty's assistance too she calls in vain,
The stubborn Whalebone bears her back again.
Vex'd at the Balk, on Foot she trips her way,
For Woman's Will admits of no Delay:
On
