During the run the wine's been running too;

And shan't I get into a pretty scrape,

This borrow'd cloak is done for with the cape;

Of my best wine this is a pretty clearer,

I wish it were my cheaper, not Madeira.

Well, let us have a glass of port instead;

We can't, here's all the crust upon the bread.

'Tis useless now to grumble at our fate,

We came to Ascot for the cup and plate;

While to our lot it has but chanced to fall,