``O William, in thy blithe companionship
```What liberty is mine--what sweet release
```From clamourous strife, and yet, what boisterous peace!
``Ho! ho! It is thy fancy's finger tip
``That dints the dimple now, and kinks the lip
```That scarce may sing in all this glad increase
```Of merriment! So, pray thee, do not cease
``To cheer me thus, for underneath the quip
``Of thy droll sorcery the wrangling fret
```Of all distress is still. No syllable
``Of sorrow vexeth me, no tear drops wet
```My teeming lids, save those that leap to tell
``Thee thou'st a guest that overweepeth yet
```Only because thou jokest overwell.=