After supper, of heaven I dream,

But that is a pullet and clouted cream;

Myself by denial I mortify—

With a dainty bit of a warden-pie;

I’m clothed in sackcloth for my sin—

With old sack wine I’m lined within;

A chirping cup is my matin song,

And the vesper’s bell is my bowl, ding-dong.

What baron or squire,

Or knight of the shire,