Then loudly did the bold Sir Soulsby cry:

"Ah! my Lord Mayor M'Arthur, dost thou go?

Shall I not show my sorrow in my eyes?

For now I see thy glorious time is dead,

When every morning brought some famous scheme,

And every scheme resulted in success.

Such time hath not been since I first became,

A sort of fixture in the Mansion House.

But now thy term of office hath expired,

And I no longer serving thee, must stay