Or swallow'd a gallon of turtle cold,

Or been poison'd by Morison's Pills.

IX.

I tried to rise, and I scream'd a scream,

The man at the gate came staggering in—

"To be sure I did, for I heard a din;

And your worship gave such a terrible snore,

While you laid on your back on the Guildhall floor,

That it woke you up from your dream!"