Walking the Streets of London (1716) [ Concepts / Places ]
… Through winter streets to steer your course aright, How to walk clean by day and safe by night; How jostling crowds with prudence to decline, When to assert the wall and when resign, I sing: thou, Trivia, goddess, aid my song, Through spacious streets conduct thy bard along; By thee transported, I securely stray Where winding alleys lead the doubtful way; The … assemblies, or the play,— Rosy-complexioned Health thy steps attends, And exercise thy lasting youth defends." … Streets … Dress … Text taken from John Gay, Trivia: Or the Art of Walking the Streets . London: printed for Bernard …
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