And, soon as he more soundly slept,
Downstairs Ezekiel cautious crept,
(For by that name he now is known,
As fate has chang'd it for his own,)
To let th' expecting folk below
The nature of his office know.
To ev'ry man he gave his fist,—
The females, too, he warmly kiss'd;
Then to th' assembled kitchen spoke,
But not as if he thought a joke,