There was another short parody in Diogenes entitled—
Elegy on a Betting Office.
Remove the lists, take down the green baize board,
Shut up the shop (the landlord takes the key);
Fate lays such heavy odds, that I am floor’d;
The Act has made the pace too strong for me.
No more behind my office-rail shall I
Watch greenhorns, on a chance of gain intent,
Into the changes of the market pry,
Or commune with a friendly sporting gent: