With her pretty persecution;

Throw the tongs against my shins,

Run me through and through with pins,

Like a piercèd cushion;

Would she only say she'd love me,

Darning-needles should not move me;

But, reclining back I'd say,

"Dearest! there's the snuffer-tray;

Pinch, O pinch those legs of mine!

Cork me, cousin Caroline!"