Bite him! I do believe, indeed,

It's in his very blood and breed!

It marks his life, and, run all through it;

What can be miss'd, he's sure to do it.

Last Monday he came home to Tooting,

Dog-tir'd, as if he'd been a-shooting,

And kicks at me to vent his rage—

'Get out!' says he—'I've miss'd the stage!'

Of course, thought I—what chance of hitting?

You'd miss the Norwich wagon, sitting!"