'The playhouse is in flames!'

And, lo! where Catherine Street extends,

A fiery tail its lustre lends

To every window-pane;

Blushes each spout in Martlet Court,

And Barbican, moth-eaten fort,

And Covent Garden kennels sport

A bright ensanguined drain;

Meux's new brewhouse shows the light,

Rowland Hill's chapel, and the height