'Tis not book study that

Has made him grow so fat,

'Tis earth's lower pleasures, he fears, does entrance.

Now a distant rise

Presents to the eyes

Of the Abbot the hut, and with joy on he flies;

It is rugged indeed,

But he takes little heed,

Though the walls are of mud, and each flower is a weed.

Not a sound then was heard,