A fiery lay he trolled.

“His pipe with the lip the second did grip,

A-watching the smoke that curled,

As void of care as nothing there were

Could better him in the world.

“The third in sleep lay slumbering deep,

On a branch swung his guitar;

Through its strings did stray the winds at play,

His soul was ’mid dreams afar.

“With a patch or two of rainbow hue,