The passing shepherd calls the bush,
The Winning-Post of Friar Rush;--
This Friar, or “esprit follet,” is a gentleman of as many names and
titles as any Spanish Grandee; “Will o’ the Wisp,” however, is the name
he is best known by, when stript of his ecclesiastical honours: he has
always been considered a tricky knave, and is thus spoken of in
Marmion.--
Better we had through mire and bush
Been lanthorn led by Friar Rush.