He started and woke—and exceedingly riled,
Rang the bell for a Soda and B.
VIII.
How did he feel as he took out his watch,
And consulted the time of day?
Had he learnt a lesson from the Land of Sleep?
I hope for my sake he may!
And I think the moral did reach its goal,
For he's got quite stingy they say.
From Cribblings from the Poets (Jones and Piggott, Cambridge, 1883).