And the roast meat's brown and the boiled meat's done,

And the barbecued sucking-pig's crisped to a turn,

And the pancakes are fried and beginning to burn;

The fat stubble-goose

Swims in gravy and juice,

With the mustard and apple-sauce ready for use;

Fish, flesh, and fowl, and all of the best,

Want nothing but eating--they're all ready drest,

But where is the Host, and where is the Guest?

Pantler and serving-man, henchman and page