Against caving in to noctivagant vermin.
Must Trade, then, turn scavenger, tradesmen turn out
With besom and basket to keep their ways clean?
The Bigwigs and Bobbies might like it, no doubt,
But Bull will demand what the dickens they mean.
He'll have his streets decent by daylight or dark;
For why should a man who keeps dogs have to bark?
From "Norma."—Moonlight Serenade for Three Voices—a Magistrate, a Policeman, and a Home Secretary—in Regent Street:—"Cass-ta Diva, Incantatrice!"