A cobbler, who had fix'd his stall

Against a nabob's palace wall,

Work'd merrily as others play,

And sung and whistled all the day.

A prey to many an anxious care,

Less merry was the lord, by far;

And often in the night he thought

It hard, sleep was not to be bought:

And if tow'rds morn he got a doze,

The cobbler troubled his repose.