Hildebrand,
Reading edition
Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason.
“Oh, Murder! What was that, Papa!” “My child,
It was a Motor-Car, A Most Ingenious Toy!
Designed to Captivate and Charm Much rather than to rouse Alarm In any English Boy.
“What would your Great Grandfather who
Was Aide-de-Camp to General Brue,
And lost a leg at
Waterloo,
And
Quatre-Bras and
Ligny too!
And died at Trafalgar!—
What would he have remarked to hear His Young Descendant shriek with fear, Because he happened to be near A Harmless Motor-Car! But do not fret about it! Come! We’ll off to Town
And purchase some!”