And much more economical—for actors then are paid—
Exchequers filled, and houses cramm’d, to see the dramas play’d,
In place of standard tragedies, all of the olden time.
From Motley, by Cuthbert Bede. London: James Blackwood, 1855. (This Parody had previously appeared in Albert Smith’s Town and Country Miscellany.)
The Fine Old English Omnibus.
I’ll sing you a new song at once, before it is too late,
Of a fine old public vehicle, grown sadly out of date,
Which, though a perfect nuisance in more ways than I can state,
Is suffered in our thoroughfares still to perambulate.