Here am I, too, in the

pious band,

In the garb of a barefooted Carmelite dressed!

The soles of my feet are as hard and tanned

As the conscience of old Pope Hildebrand,

The Holy Satan, who made the wives

Of the bishops lead such shameful lives.

All day long I beat my breast,

And chaunt with a most particular zest

The Latin hymns, which I understand