To-morrow eve, more stilly laid,

My couch may be my bloody plaid,

My vesper song thy wail, sweet maid!

It will not waken me, Mary!

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is thus parodied:—

Song of the Bridegroom.

Don’t, now, be after being coy;

Sit still upon my lap, dear joy!

And let us at our breakfast, toy,