And the jocund rebecks sound
To many a youth and many a maid 95
Dancing [in the chequered shade],
And young and old come forth to play
On a sunshine holiday,
[Till the livelong daylight fail]:
Then to the spicy nut-brown ale, 100
With stories told of many a feat,
How [Faery Mab] the junkets eat.
[She] was pinched and pulled, she said;