Sir John,[65] at last we’ve found their haunt

To desperation driven by hungry want,

Through the crammed laughing Pit they steal their way.

Ye towers of Newgate! London’s lasting shame,

By many a foul and midnight murder fed,

Revere poor Mr. Coe, the blacksmith’s[66] fame,

And spare the grinning barber’s chuckle head.

“Rascals! we tread ye under foot,

(Weave we the woof; the thread is spun):

Our beards we pull out by the root: