And these in full I'd readily detail,

If I were sure the subject would not fail;

And that's impossible I must admit,

'Twould endless be, the tales appear so fit;

There's not a clerk so expeditious found,

Who could record the stories known around.

The sisters to forget, were I to try,

Suspicions might arise that, by and by,

I should return: some case might tempt my pen;

So oft I've overrun the convent-den,