He raised his legs with mighty pain,

And then,—he set them down again.

’Tis whisper’d—but my cautious muse

Will not forget her P’s. and Q’s.:

I’ll not indulge in retrospections,

But leave him to his own reflections:

The darling babe of grace I’ll spare;

For other holy souls were there.

Mark, then, the next, another priest,

Starv’d a whole month for this day’s feast;