Was a free-mason of uncommon merits,

Who kept the Mason's Arms; and there were few

More spirited than he in selling spirits.

Andrew I wot, for so his name was spelt,

Was born (but this perchance you have surmised)

In London town:—in Adam Street he dwelt,

Which all Eve's sons have not Mc Adamized.

As scaling—love impell'd, a lofty wall,

One luckless night, he fell, in vast alarm;

But caught a beam, and haply broke his fall,