In the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two;
And if you are caught on the Queen's highway,
With a something for which you've omitted to pay,
No use to try putting in—under your breath—
The plea of the custom of Hounslow-Heath!
Thanks to the Times and to Justice NORTH!
The highway—of-News—may be clearer henceforth
Of robber daring and footpad sly.
To stop a coach, or to fake a cly,
Boldly to lift or astutely sneak,