That every lad may have his whim,

Till we up sails with M’riarty Jim

And sail from Beg-Innish.

EPITAPH

After reading Ronsard’s lines from Rabelais

If fruits are fed on any beast

Let vine-roots suck this parish priest,

For while he lived, no summer sun

Went up but he’d a bottle done,

And in the starlight beer and stout