Where neither sun nor rain could go;

He, for the nearest cut he knows,

Is still before with pot and rose.

Cæsar observes him twist and shift,

And understands the fellow’s drift;

“Here, you sir,” says th’ imperial lord.

The bustler, hoping a reward,

Runs skipping up. The chief in jest

Thus the poor jackanapes address’d

“As here is no great matter done,