(Such needs must study, no contesting that!)

Wore no long curls but used to crop their hair,

Gathered the tunic well about the ham,

Remembering 't was soft sand they used for seat

At school-time, while—mark this—the lesson long,

No learner ever dared to cross his legs!

Then, if you bade him take the myrtle-bough

And sing for supper—'t was some grave romaunt

How man of Mitulené, wondrous wise,

Jumped into hedge, by mortals quickset called,