He thought his guts and garbage doated on,

By a fair Dame, whose Husband was to him

Hyperion to a mummy.

Burning with flames the Lady never knew,

Hotter and heavier than toasted cheese,

He sent her a much warmer billet-doux

Than Abelard e’er writ to Eloïse.

But whether Friar John’s fat shape and face,

Tho’ pleading both together,

Were sorry advocates, in such a case;—