And I am driven from this scene,

Of scrub-land.

The mops and pails left on the stairs

I come across, quite unawares,

And break my shins and utter—prayers,

For tub-land.

In clouds of dust I choke and cough,

Such draughts! My hat I dare not doff,

I'd go (if I were not a toff)

To pub-land.