But he doesn’t care a “thraneen,” for “the venyum” isn’t in him,

Happy just to be a leader where the lesser spirits grope,

Priests have come and priests have left us; change has blown from every quarter;

Him alone the grim marauder ne’er has chanced on in the search;

But we’d miss him were he taken, as we’d miss the holy water—

He’s the feature of the Sunday, is the Pillar of the Church.

TEDDO WELLS, DECEASED

Times I think I’m not the man—

Must be some mistake.

Me among the also ran?