Who Can Edure
The Noisy Idiot Brawl, The Scurril Taunt,
The Riotous Vulgarity And Drunken Midnight Abuse.
Who Can Tolerate
To Prostitute With Impious Hand
To Uses Vile Capacities Inborn…
Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
Wallowing In Excessive Feast!
Phantom Ornaments Of Pretended Depth In Mind,
Can Ne’er Disguise The Poor State Of Their Wearer.
And Lo, Needless Slaughter Of Dignity
Swallows The Last Flickerings Of Sincere Intention
To Scorn The Sordid World,
To Set The Hearts On Things Of Real Worth…
Behold The Poor Perverted Soul,
Is Our Kind Then Sunk Thus Low?