As a pathriot was remarking when the polis caught him larking
Wid a fuse all fit for sparking, underneath the pulpit stair!
Och! the crowds of notabilities celebrated for abilities,
Octogenarians and juvenilities, lions old and lions new,
Buffalo William and his Injin, Misther Marius and Miss Sinjin,
Wid the belle of the Aquarium in a costume of tattoo!
Great Augustus Imperator, who for public weal does cater
At the National Theayter, sure they ought to knight him too!
Editors in shoals and batches, thieves intent on priggin’ watches,
The Brown Potter, Lady Colin, and the Saturday Review!