Like gallant Greeks against the Trojan foe;

Nor let one peevish chief his leader blame,

Till, crown’d with conquest, we regain our fame;

And let us join our forces to subdue

This bold assuming but successful crew.

I sing of NEWS, and all those vapid sheets

The rattling hawker vends through gaping streets;

Whate’er their name, whate’er the time they fly,

Damp from the press, to charm the reader’s eye:

For soon as Morning dawns with roseate hue,