Tho’ you are Porter
American wit and humor.
Laziness -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Sleep -- Caricatures and cartoons.
portly man is sleeping in a chair. A woman observes him from a window and says "I wish the lazy beast would wake."
Text: Tho’ you are PORTER, clumsy calf, / You shall not make me half and half / And fond of sleeping as you be, / No SLEEPING PARTNER find in me; / Short-winded, bloated, lazy elf / With care for no one but yourself; / Ne’er think to mate in wedlock sweet, / For you could not make BOTH ENDS MEET.
Provenance: Helfand, William H..
[S.l. : s.n.]
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
digitool:95994
Comic Valentines, 16.27