But up and away through the chimney-top;

Whereas, the moment they burst the door,

Planted fast on her sanded floor,

With her Trumpet up to her organ of hearing,

Lo and behold!—Dame Eleanor Spearing!

Oh! then arises the fearful shout—

Bawl'd and scream'd, and bandied about—

"Seize her!—Drag the old Jezebel out!"

While the Beadle—the foremost of all the band,

Snatches the Horn from her trembling hand—