That the Town would be painted a colourless tint
And the printers have nothing exciting to print.
That fear was unfounded, I'm happy to say,
And red is the dominant tone of to-day;
So far from incurring a shortage of news
While the place is made fit for our heroes to use,
We cannot remember a rosier time;
We have rarely enjoyed such an orgy of crime.
There are scandals as nice for the reader to nose
As any old garbage of carrion crows;