Bishop Potter, finding hotter Passions than there used to be, To the Gospel bids defiance, And appeals to modern science For the remedy. Saint and devil on a level Walked of late where all men saw; But the wise, by his example, Travel now a subway ample, Paved with fragments of the law. Here this up-to-date instructor Gives each clerical conductor Transfers for the nuptial route, So that they who feel the folly Of the matrimonial trolley May, at will, get out. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON THE CIRCUMCISION by JOHN MILTON LILIES: 1. THE GREAT WAVE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PLORATA VERIS LACHRYMIS by WILLIAM BARNES SOLILOQUIES OF A SMALL-TOWN TAXI-DRIVER: ON THE EMOTIONS by EDGAR BARRATT FOR THE MASTER'S SAKE by MINNIE MASON BEEBE THE CALL by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON THE MELTING POT by BERTON BRALEY |