But ’twixt the cup and lip....

Oh! the thwarting of Anjou.

“Monsieur Sa Grande Altesse.

In a defenceless town

Cried, ‘Kill! kill! Long live the Mass!’

With his handsome minions,

With eyes wherein gleams

The shameful fire, impudent, restless,

Lust without love.

Oh! the thwarting of Anjou!