And which to inhale they ’midst miseries tarry,
Can only be breathed by the side of the main
Arm-in-arm, so to speak, with gay ’Arriet and ’Arry
In a month or two’s time I shall welcome them back—
Save those too unwell from abroad to return—
And some Roman Fever to England will track,
Whilst others with ague will shiver and burn;
And all will be writing complaints to the Times,
To re-tell the story which every one knows,
As couriers’ guile and hotel-keepers’ crimes