BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats <br />Nebuchadnezzar had an ugly dream, <br />Worse than an Hus'if's when she thinks her cream <br />Made a Naumachia for mice and rats. <br />So scared, he sent for that 'Good King of Cats' <br />Young Daniel, who soon did pluck away the beam <br />From out his eye, and said he did not deem <br />The sceptre worth a straw his Cushions old door-mats. <br />A horrid nightmare similar somewhat <br />Of late has haunted a most motley crew, <br />Most loggerheads and Chapmen we are told <br />That any Daniel tho' he be a sot <br />Can make the lying lips turn pale of hue <br />By belching out 'ye are that head of Gold.'<br /><br />John Keats<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-before-he-went/
