III
Of Smith the gallant Mormon lad
That took of wives an over-plus:
Johanna Southcott who was mad
And nasty Nietzsche, who was worse.
Of Tolstoy, the Eccentric Russ,
Our strong Posterity shall say:
“Lord Jesus! What are these to us?
The wind has blown them all away!”
Envoi
Prince, should you meet upon a bus
A man who makes a great display
Of Dr Haeckel, argue thus:—
The wind has blown them all away.