A Century of Parody and Imitation

by Unknown

Sniff'd—tch!—at snuffbox; tumbled up, he-heed,

Haw-haw'd (not hee-haw'd, that's another guess thing:)

Then fumbled at, and stumbled out of, door,

I shoved the timber ope wi' my omoplat;

And in vestibulo, i' the lobby to-wit,

(Iacobi Facciolati's rendering, sir,)

Donn'd galligaskins, antigropeloes,

And so forth; and, complete with hat and gloves,

One on and one a-dangle i' my hand,

And ombrifuge (Lord love you!), case o' rain,