Once there lived, as old histories learnedly show, a Great sailor and shipbuilder, named MISTER NOAH, Who a hulk put together, so wondrous--no doubt of it-- That all sorts of creatures could creep in and out of it. Things with heads, and without heads, things dumb, things loquacious, Things with tails, and things tail-less, things tame, and things pugnacious; Rats, lions, curs, geese, pigeons, toadies and donkeys, Bears, dormice, and snakes, tigers, jackals, and monkeys: In short, a collection so curious, that no man E'er since could with NOAH compare as a show-man At length, JOHNNY BULL, with that clever fat head of his, Design'd a much stranger and comical edifice, To be call'd his "NEW HOUSE"--a queer sort of menagerie To hold all his beasts--with an eye to the Treasury. Into this he has cramm'd such uncommon monstrosities, Such animals rare, such unique curiosities, That we wager a CROWN--not to speak it uncivil-- This HOUSE of BULL'S beats Noah's Ark to the devil. Lest you think that we bounce--the great fault, we confess, of men-- We proceed to detail some few things, as a specimen Of what are to be found in this novel museum; As it opens next month, you may all go and see 'em. Five _Woods_, of five shades, grain, and polish, and gilding, Are used this diversified chamber in building. Not a nail, bolt, or screw, you'll discover to lurk in it, Though six _Smiths_ you will find every evening at work in it. A _Forman_ and _Master_ you'll see there appended too, Whose words or instructions are never attended to. A _Leader_, whom nobody follows; a pair o' _Knights_, With courage at ninety degrees of old Fahrenheit's; Full a hundred "Jim Crows," wheeling round about--round about, Yet only one _Turner_'s this House to be found about. Of hogs-heads, Lord knows, there are plenty to spare of them, But only one _Cooper_ is kept to take care of them. A _Ryder's_ maintain'd, but he's no horse to get upon; There's a _Packe_ too, and only one _Pusey_ to set upon. Two _Palmers_ are kept, holy men, in this ill, grim age, To make every night their Conservative pilgrimage. A _Fuller_, for scouring old coats and redressing them; A _Taylor_ to fashion; and _Mangles_ for pressing them. Two _Stewarts_, two _Fellowes_, a _Clerk_, and a _Baillie_, To keep order, yet each call'd to order are, daily. A _Duke_, without dukedom--a matter uncommon-- And _Bowes_, the delight, the enchantment of woman. This house has a _Tennent_, but ask for the rent of it, He'd laugh at, and send you to Brussels or Ghent for it. Of the animals properly call'd so, a sample We'll give to you gentlefolks now, for example:-- There are _bores_ beyond count, of all ages and sizes, Yet only one _Hogg_, who both learned and wise is. There's a _Buck_ and a _Roebuck_, the latter a wicked one, Whom few like to play with--he makes such a kick at one.