Devoutly to be wished,—to stop the ills

Cabmanic flesh is heir to; there’s the rub,

For in such strike of cabs perchance we starve;

Yet who would bear the inflicted wrongs of [33]Mayne,

Sixpenny fares, and lamps compulsory,

Woes of backed licenses, police court fines,

The beak’s severity, and the many spurns

That patient cabmen from their riders take

Without a murmur: when each man can strike,

And leave town cabless; each railway station