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Rudyard Kipling - The Landau
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.                  Praed
--The Muse Among the Motors (1900-1930) 

There  was a landau deep and wide,
  Cushioned for Sleep`s own self to sit on—
The glory of the country-side
  From Tanner`s End to Marlow Ditton.
John of the broad and brandied cheek
   (Well I recall its eau-de-vie hues!)
Drove staid Sir Ralph five days a week
  At speeds which we considered Jehu`s…

But now` poor John sleeps very sound,
  And neither hears nor smells the fuss
Of the young Squire`s nine-hundred-pound—
 Er-Mors communis omnibus.
And I who in my daily stroll
  Observe the reckless chauffeur crowd her,
Laudator temporis, extol
  The times before the Act allowed her.
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