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