English poem
I asked a thief to steal me a peach
I asked a thief to steal me a peach; He turned up his eyes. I ask’d a lithe lady to lie her down; Holy & meek she cries.
As soon as I went An angel came; He wink’d at the thief And smil’d at the dame,
And without one word said Had a peach from the tree, And still as a maid Enjoy’d the lady.