Rous’d from sound sleep—thrice call’d—at length I rise,

Yawning, stretch out my arm, half-closed my eyes;

By steps and lanthorn enter the machine,

And take my place—how cordially!—between

Two aged matrons of excessive bulk,

To mend the matter, too, of meaner folk;

While in like mood, jamm’d in on t’other side,

A bullying captain and a fair one ride,

Foolish as fair, and in whose lap a boy—

Our plague eternal, but her only joy.