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- Following his track succeeds a numerous band,
Who vainly drive to work their fours-in-hand.
For Richmond bound I view them passing by,
Their hands unsteady, and their reins awry.
Some scratch their panels, some their horses' knees —
Beaufort and Payne, I class you not with these;
For who so smartly skins along the plain
as Beaufort's Duke? What whip can equal Payne?
No matter — dinner comes, when all are able
To drive their coaches well about the table.
Ricardo then can driving feats relate,
And Batthyany swear he'd clear the gate;
Till midnight closes o'er the festive scene,
Then who so bold as ride with Angerstein?
He who aloft can mark with unmoved nerve
The wheelers jibbing while the leaders swerve,
And sit, al careless, 'mid the wordy war
To lose a pinch-pin, break a splinter-bar. (en)
- What can Tommy Onslow do?
He can drive a coach and two!
Can Tommy Onslow do no more?
He can drive a coach and four. (en)
- Say, What can Tommy Onslow do?
Can drive a curricle and two!
Can Tommy Onslow do no more?
Yes, — drive a curricle and four. (en)
- What can little T. O. do?
Drive a phaeton and two.
Can little T. O,. do no more?
Yes, — drive a phaeton and four. (en)
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