If it is only *** spirited and jolly That gives utter joy in fading life; Then that priest pious and holy, Who must not have a darling wife-- Seeing he hath pledged to celibacy-- Will never experience earthly ecstacsy.
And if it is alone gluts of money That do ensure the soul's bliss And peace; then that ascetic crony-- The friar--who did willingly kiss And vowed wholly to worldly poverty, Neither will know also prosperity.
But, nay; it's neither cash nor coitus That gives the heart satisfaction surplus. Rather it be Jesus supreme and superior That guarantees man intense joy interior.