'Twould soon set her cheekbone a frying;

He spit in the tenter ground near Spitalfields,

And the hole that it burnt, and the chalk that it yields,

Make a capital lime-kiln for drying.

When he open'd his mouth, out there issued a blast

(Nota bene, I do not mean swearing),

But the noise that it made, and the heat that it cast,

I've heard it from those who have seen it, surpass'd

A shot manufactory flaring.

He blazed, and he blazed, as he gallop'd to snatch