So, pour some icy fluid in a glass
Tinged with deep mulberry stain, true work of Venice:
And Mr. Punch will let the soft hours pass,
Watching with tranquil eyes each lovely lass
Flit like an Oread o'er the smooth green grass,
And win his old heart as she wins at Tennis.
[35] Leaves of a Life.
[36] Savile House, on the north side of Leicester Square, originally the residence of Sir George Savile, Burke's friend, was in its latter days rebuilt as a place of entertainment and became a resort of Bohemians and fast men about town. It was burned down in 1865 and the site is now occupied by the Empire Theatre.
[37] Policemen.