Around the court-yard stand
Our Volunteers I Ah, ne'er, I ween,
Were truer, braver warriors seen,
To fight for Alderman or Queen,
And guard our native land.
Tis twelve o'clock; the bells of Bow are clanging in the steeple,
While visible anxiety prevails among the people.
The cannons in St James's Park announce the noontide hour;
And the time is also mentioned by the cannons at the Tower.
It comes: the wish'd-for pageant comes! Observe the mailéd