That my Lord at the dead-house was then lying drown’d!
Straight left tête a tête were the jailor and thief;
The horror-struck crowd to the dead-house quick hies;
Ev’n the lawyers, forgetful of fee and of brief,
Set off, helter-skelter, to view my Lord ’Size.
And now the Sandhill with the sad tidings rings,
And the tubs of the taties are left to take care;
Fish-women desert their crabs, lobsters, and lings,
And each to the dead-house now runs like a hare.
The Glassmen, some naked, some clad, heard the news,