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  Good King Hilary
  Said to his Chancellor
  (Proud Lord Willoughby,
  Lord High Chancellor):
“Open the window
  Quickly, quickly,
  Open the window
  And see who is knocking.

  It may be a waiting-maid,
  Apple-cheeked, dimpled,
  Sent by her mistress
  To bring me greeting;
  It may be children,
  Anxious, whispering,
  Bringing me cobnuts,
  To put in my stocking.”