But it maketh him weary, i’fegs,

To have three lovely women about him,

And only a couple of legs.

With one I must walk of a morning;

At eve with another I rove;

And a third comes at noontide, and drags me

Right out of my quarters, by Jove!

Farewell, irresistible sirens!

I have but two legs of my own;

Henceforth in some rural seclusion