The worthy couple, in deshabille dressed,

Had just finished their nightly refection,

When a thundering double knock at the door,

Caused Mrs. Browne to exclaim, “Oh Lor!”

While her husband added to “what a bore”

An ungodly interjection.

Then, seizing a light, he ran down stairs,

Growling like one of the grisly bears

In the Gardens Zoological

(That lately were cured with such skill and tact,