“Of Popular Esteem, too, now there seems no stock, I see;
And very little ‘Charity’ to what there used to be;
He’s even stripped the very Chair—the one in which he sat—
Of its Traditions; did you ever hear the like of that?
“There’s nothing left worth mentioning of all we valued so;
Now can you wonder that I say, ‘Now, here’s a pretty go!’
That pompous, stubborn Alderman, to so our trust requite,
And turn upon the City thus!” Said I: “It serves you right!”
“It serves you right!” said I again. “The chair you should not fill.
With men like this; their very ways suspicion should instil.