Cuthbert Bede.

SIR EGGNOGG

FORTH from the purple battlements he fared,

Sir Eggnogg of the Rampant Lily, named

From that embrasure of his argent shield

Given by a thousand leagues of heraldry

On snuffy parchments drawn. So forth he fared,

By bosky boles and autumn leaves he fared,

Where grew the juniper with berries black,

The sphery mansions of the future gin.