"The Watchmen mustn't cry the hour, nor in their boxes snore;
"Their occupation's gone, and time with them is now no more.
"They tell me, too, the little Sweeps no more must 'Soot, ho!' say:
"I hope for such black deeds there'll come a sweeping 'Settling Day.'
"Another thing doth sorrow bring, and maketh me to fret;
"They talk about abolishing Imprisonment for Debt;
"And next, alas! the time may come, there'll be no costs to pay,
"For ev'ry man will get his own upon the 'Settling Day.'
"I mind me, when a little girl, I travell'd once to York;
"And slow and stately did we ride; it was a three days' work;