The Bench Of Boors

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In bed I muse on Tenier's boors,
Embrowned and beery losels all;
  A wakeful brain
  Elaborates pain:
Within low doors the slugs of boors
Laze and yawn and doze again.

In dreams they doze, the drowsy boors,
Their hazy hovel warm and small:
  Thought's ampler bound
  But chill is found:
Within low doors the basking boors
Snugly hug the ember-mound.

Sleepless, I see the slumberous boors
Their blurred eyes blink, their eyelids fall:
  Thought's eager sight
  Aches--overbright!
Within low doors the boozy boors
Cat-naps take in pipe-bowl light.

© Herman Melville