She saw the polish’d table shine,

With blushing fruit and sparkling wine;

She heard the lofty ceiling ring

With three times three, “God save the King.”

She look’d again,—one sleeping snor’d,

And one was sunk beneath the board;

And one, as well as he was able,

Was speechifying on the table,

A moment pass’d,—again she gaz’d,

And saw each arm in contest rais’d[24]