(A Lover of London to a Weary Would-be Wayfarer.)
Lover of London.
Would-be wayfarer! little think the proud ones
Who in their coaches roll along the turnpike—
Road, what hard work 'tis trying all day for Pimlico,
Or Piccadilly.
Tell me, wayfarer, how these Omnibuses,
Growlers, and Hansoms, carts and vans of Pickford,
Slithering slowly over the slippery asphalte,