“THE BOROUGH”, by GEORGE CRABBE (1754-1832)
LETTER I.
These did the ruler of the deep ordain,
To build proud navies and to rule the main.
POPE, Homer’s Iliad.
Such scenes has Deptford, navy-building town,
Woolwich and Wapping, smelling strong of pitch;
Such Lambeth, envy of each band and gown,