Poetic Survey Around Birmingham

POETIC SURVEY ROUND Birmingham, &c.

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Poetic Survey Around Birmingham
Suppose some TRAV’LLERS, at an Inn set down,
And INNS¹ there are that grace this TRADING TOWN
Where elegance and taste, at once, combine
With well stor’d larders – cellars stock’d with wine;
Clean well air’d rooms – for those who pass the night,
Each HOST and HOSTESS, civil and polite.
High mettl’d horses, every Inn can boast,
For those, in haste, who wish to travel post;
No chaises can be found more neat or clean,
From Dover cliffs to Tweed, or Gretna Green.
Should TRAVELLERS incline to spend a day,
And thro’ this SEAT OF ARTS should wish to stray,

¹ For a card of the principal Inns, &c. See plate F. in Magnificent Directory.