To sleep alone to-night she much desires.

To grant the master's wish the girl was led,

And they together hurried off to bed.

THE husband 'tween the sheets himself had plac'd;

The nymph was in her petticoat, unlac'd;

When suddenly appear'd the wily wife,

And promis'd harmony was turn'd to strife.

Are these your freaks, cried she with mark'd surprise;

Your usual dish it seems then don't suffice;

You want, indeed, to have some nicer fare?