With stares above, and stairs below;

The soldier first, a foremost man,

Like Bow-street culprits—keeps the van,

Charges the door, whose keepers stern

A "bob" will charge him in return;

He's got his step, so with light mind

Bears all the pressure from behind;

Feels from the rear-mob, all alive,

A drive, though not a carriage drive:

And, lo! among them, soot-grimed deep,