In a confectioner's or pastrycook's,

And yet I question howsoe'er they bake,

That sixteen ounces make not a pound-cake.

And, O, you Elephant!—I beg your pardon!

Dead Chunee! listen to my grave petition,

And take your ivory to Covent Garden;

That they may furnish me a free admission,

And you, you Lynx, you ought to out, and sally

The Winter Theatres, or dark blind alley.

The lovely Zebra, Asia's painted ass,