The Romance of Kelly’s Post-office Directory.
We hear of days long passed away, and glorious times of old,
And how Young England’s sons affirm we’re getting dull and cold;
But yet romance is not quite dead—in common daily life
She still exists; of which great fact you’ll find examples rife
In the Post-office Directory, all of the present year.
The mighty minds of every age you’ll meet therein combined,
John Milton, as a tea dealer, in Mary’bone you’ll find;
And Isaac Walton in the East, has stores of pens and quills;
And Hogarth trades in ham and beef, and Butler deals in pills,