With rope for a collar,

At the end of his Ruthless day!

[A PROTEST]

While now 'tis meet to eat fish, eggs and maize,

Vice meat and wheat whene'er we dine or sup,

So be it! but this protest I would raise—

In spite of warnings—veal keeps bobbing up!

[A PRAYER]

O Sun and Skies, that Hoover o'er our Fields