As snug in his bed Lord H-nl-y lay,

Revolving much his own renown,

And hoping to add thereto a ray,

By putting duets and anthems down,

Sudden a strain of choral sounds

Mellifluous o’er his senses stole;

Whereat the reformer mutter’d, ‘Zounds!’

For he loath’d sweet music with all his soul.

Then, starting up, he saw a sight

That well might shock so learned a snorer,—