And thus gasp’d on that Alderman,
With brevity of breath.
“The Mayor appear’d, the barge was steer’d,
Merrily we did drop,—
The Alderman, in City barge,—
Along on our Swan-Hop.
“At the Blackfriars we did embark,
Where gapes the mighty sewer.”
The Stunning Swell he stamp’t his foot,
For he heard the overture.