By Robert Stephen Hawker

Waes-hael for knight and dame;

O merry be their dole;

Drink-hael! In Jesu’s name

We fill the tawny bowl;

But cover down the curving crest,

Mould of the Orient Lady’s breast.

Waes-hael! yet lift no lid:

Drain ye the reeds for wine.

Drink-hael! the milk was hid