... at last he has supped, and the moment is come When, his stretchable tum being tight as a drum, He is meek and submissive, who once was so proud, And he creeps to his basket and slumbers aloud. And his mistress proclaims, as she tucks up his shawl, That nothing is neater Than Peter the eater, ... — Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 • Various