That 's better than acquitting God with grace
As some folk do. He 's tried—no case is proved,
Philosophy is lenient—he may go!
You 'll say, the old system 's not so obsolete
But men believe still: ay, but who and where?
King Bomba's lazzaroni foster yet
The sacred flame, so Antonelli writes;
But even of these, what ragamuffin-saint
Believes God watches him continually,
As he believes in fire that it will burn,