'Be merry, all birds, to-day,
Be merry on earth as you never were merry before,
Be merry in heaven, O larks, and far away,
And merry for ever and ever, and one day more.
Why?
For it's easy to find a rhyme.'—
the rhyme to 'Why' being of course 'Ay.'
After this the progress of things need no telling.
'Sun comes, moon comes,
Time slips away;