Unhonoured, hideous, mean and slow,

To its appointed doom!

The gas-lamps had a sickly glare,

And not a heart did bleed

As passed that bony hulk along.

Drawn by its bony steed;

The Hansom Cabmen winked and leered,

The very Crossing-Sweeper jeered,

The street-boys raised a yell:

And bliss o’er troubled spirits slid