Cover him in, and let him freeze no more!

This dripping hat my roofless pen bespeaks,

So does the puddle reaching to my knees;

Behold my pinch'd red nose—my shrivell'd cheeks:

You should not have such carriages as these.

In vain I stamp to warm my aching feet,

I only paddle in a pool of slush;

My stiffen'd hands in vain I blow and beat;

Tears from my eyes congealing as they gush.

Keen blows the wind; the sleet comes pelting down,