Lo! now the deep mouthed canine foe’s assault,

That vexed the avenger of the stolen malt,

Stored in the hallowed precincts of the hall,

That rose complete at Jack’s creative call.

Here stalks the impetuous Cow with crumpled horn,

Whereon the exacerbating hound was torn,

Who bayed the feline slaughter beast that slew

The Rat predacious, whose keen fangs ran through

The textile fibres that involved the grain,

That lay in Hans’ inviolate domain.