Fair Margaret, in her tidy kirtle,

Led the lorn traveller up the path,

Through clean-clipt rows of box and myrtle;

And Don and Sancho, Tramp and Tray,

Upon the parlour steps collected,

Wagged all their tails, and seemed to say,—

“Our master knows you—you’re expected.”

W. M. Praed (The Vicar).