Were tired to death, as also was their Chief,

King Guillaume. Then, observing he was bored,

The bold Sir Donald C. invited him

(Sir Donald C., the last of all his knights)

And bore him off to Barrow by the sea—

Barrow-in-Furness, with a ruined church

That stood beside the melancholy waves.

Then spoke King Guillaume to Sir Donald C.:

"Next session will most probably upset

The goodliest Ministry of virtuous men