He heard the song, and woke in spite,

And left his couch, y-grumbling sore.

He look'd below,

Then seized a huge cold-water bath—

Long, long ago—

And flung it o'er, in rage and wrath!—

The squire flew off, the damsel fled,

And then the knight went back to bed.

B. Hall.

AN ANACREONTIC FABLE.