As busses will do.

Amid the cold coigns of the causeway.

I secretly, silently sat,

Aloof, out of laughter’s and law’s way,

Hard-holding my hat.

In crowds that seemed never to cease, men

Heaved, hurtled, home-hurried and howled,

While pestilent prigs of policemen,

Persistently prowled.

From pockets that penniless sounded