And gazed upon her leopard-wise,
Cruel and clear as day;
He snarled in gluttony and fear:
'The wind blows dismally,
Jesu in storm my lambs be near,
By-by, lullay, lullie!'
And like a ravenous beast which sees
The hunter's icy eye,
So did this wretch in wrath confess
Sweet Jesu's mastery.