"Time to put off the world and go somewhere And find my health again in the sea air," @3Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck@1, "And make my soul before my pate is bare." "And get a comfortable wife and house To rid me of the devil in my shoes," @3Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck@1, "And the worse devil that is between my thighs." "And though I'd marry with a comely lass, She need not be too comely -- let it pass," @3Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck@1, "But there's a devil in a looking-glass." "Nor should she be too rich, because the rich Are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch," @3Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck@1, "And cannot have a humorous happy speech." "And there I'll grow respected at my ease, And hear amid the garden's nightly peace," @3Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck@1, "The wind-blown clamour of the barnacle-geese." |