And lived on the daintiest cheer!
For they laugh’d ha! ha! and they quaff’d ha! ha!
And lived on the daintiest cheer!
And then they would jest at the love confess’d
By many an artless Maid,
And what hopes and fears they had breath’d in the ears,
Of those who had sought their aid!
And they sung and laugh’d, and the rich wine quaff’d,
As they told of each love-sick jade!
And they laugh’d ha! ha! and they quaff’d ha! ha!