The Character and Extent of Air Pollution in Leeds

The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

Dank and foul, dank and foul,Through the smoky town with its murky cowl;Foul and dank, foul and dank,By sewer and wharf, and slimy bank.