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,