He supp'd like a lord,—on a pillow of down

He slept like a king, and he snored like a clown.

Boniface said, as he popp'd in his head,

“In that little crib by the side of your bed,

As honest a farmer as e'er stood in shoes,

(My chambers are full) would be glad of a snooze.”

The farmer began, as in clover he lay,

To talk of his clover, his corn-rigs, and hay,

His bullocks, his heifers, his pigs, and his wife;

Not a wink could our Harlequin get for his life.