Thus if, for instance, you are told
To shut the stable-door: make bold
To say (for that your only course is),
You "warn't brought up at all to horses."
The Footman's ask'd to drive a nail,
And must adopt a sim'lar tale;
He "can't in such a bus'ness stir,
But Tom can fetch th' upholsterer!"
To put out candles there are ways
Demanding more than common praise.