Do gin shops grow with temp’rance clubs next door,
And lovely little hells and saving banks!
With penny periodical reviews;
Halfpenny prints precede Old Ladies Mags.,
And coffee shops present their farthing news,
With crumpets, cream, and kidneys done to rags!
Thus things will change as long as time doth move!
And now upon the humble lay I sing
A veto let me lay, lest it should prove