His remarkable name may suggest the inquiry
If he ever exhorts them to sing "Dies Iræ?"
Quorsum hæc? Can tomfoolery kindle true piety?
Maybe so. Human nature is fond of variety.
Mr. Merriman's unctuous sallies might irk us,
But although a Revival American Circus,
Ira Clown in the Ring, decent people would anger,
Couldn't Moody and Sankey join Hengler and Sanger?
If it didn't conduce much to edification,
It would probably pay, as a good speculation.