“With all my heart, little bird,” said she;

Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer!

“He’s welcome to kirtle red for me;

Somebody’s fast, while somebody’s free!

There’s nothing, no, nothing, like libertie!”

—Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer!

W. H. Bellamy.

A BAGATELLE

A BAGATELLE! Ah, Mistress Prue,

So gaily laughing all life through,