Though somebody of other bulk and build

Cries, 'What a goodly personage lies here

Reddening the water where the bulrush roots!

May I conduct the service in his place,

Decently and in order, as did he,

And, as he did not, keep a wary watch

When meditating 'neath yon willow shade!'

Find out your best man, sure the son of him

Will prove best man again, and, better still

Somehow than best, the grandson-prodigy!