"In Arcady there lies a crystal spring Ring'd all about with green melodious reeds Swaying seal'd music up and down th…"

"O evanescent temples built of man To deities he honoured and dethroned! Earth shoots a trail of her eternal vine To c…"

"Of troubles know I none, Of pleasures know I many — I rove beneath the sun Without a single penny."

"Old sundial, you stand here for Time: For Love, the vine that round your base Its tendrils twines, and dares to climb…"

"Upon your shattered ruins where This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will no…"

"Dropt tears have hastened your decay And brought you one step nigher death; And you have heard, unthrilled, unmoved, …"

"King's Cross! What shall we do? His Purple Robe Is rent in two!"

"Water, Loo! water, Loo! fetch me some water! There isn't a drop for a mile and a quarter! The ground is so hard and t…"

"In Fleet Street, in Fleet Street, the People are so fleet They barely touch the cobble-stones with their nimble feet!"

"It’s no use crying over spilt evils. It’s better to mop them up laughing."