Here a loud squeak of grunting praise was heard

From the new pig-house in the stable-yard:

Th' applause awhile the minstrel's music drown'd; }

But soon he did resume, and all around }

Remark'd how much his voice of late improv'd in sound.}

III.

Another says,—"You idle dog,

Why do ye lock your door up,

And every sason quit your bog

To thravel into Europe?"