I demur

To “water wan,” it comes too often, sir;

Write next, as I should, rhyming, “wan water,”

The Maidens.

Lovers, we pray you, gaining our consents,

Let us, too, have our mediæval bents,

Give us, for cricket-matches, tournaments.

The Widowers.

We are stout, nor will uncomfortably truss

Our arms and legs, like fowls; no jousts for us,