Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 92, No. 3. Whole No. 547, September 1988

I’d like to travel back through time

And solve some great Victorian crime

In ancient, foggy London town

With bent-stemmed pipe and dressing gown

Or inverness and fore-and-aft

Or ulster coat to stop the draft

Or black-silk cape and opera hat

Or smoking jacket and cravat

Or macintosh for when it rains

Or cloak for stalking dockside lanes.

I’d like to travel back through time

And solve some great Victorian crime—

And yet, my word, do you suppose

I simply wish to wear the clothes?