After centuries in the monastery fending off a smile The exiled lover pays court to matrimony's bile Excited by the bishop's pledge of total self-denial Feasting in the abbey, fasting in the aisles The fast confessor, frugal lecher runs riot with a child
Loneliness drops in like an eremitic friend Plundering the Scriptures, poisoning the pen A running gag in paradise, the revelry must end The darling prize of nuptial rights the Vatican rescinds The famine price of tender passion rises once again
