A joyful, book-devouring time.

Far about London I was borne,

From night to night, from morn to morn;

From Street to Park, from Tower to Dock.

I was conveyed "Twice Round the Clock."

True Sala-ite was I and sworn,

For it was in the golden prime

Of graphic GEORGE AUGUSTUS:

And now I find me revelling through

A magazine of saffron hue,