Regalia of the Civic Crown,

Disgorged by that enormous drain,

Tangled and hitched with robe and gown,

With acts, and deeds, and charter-scrolls

Of fees and metage, dues and tolls

On corn, fruit, oysters, salt, and coals,

Came rolling, rumbling, tumbling down.

Pie Poudre, Leet and Baron Court,

With Swanhoppers no more to hop.

Those dark and dirty billows' sport,