More brass and iron took in one day,

Than satan all the week, with Sunday.

But should the public turn deaf ear to ’t

Tell them that I know who will swear to ’t

And testify the whole affair

Before his honor, the lord mayor!

Say Perkinism was begotten

In wilds where science ne’er was thought on,[98]

And had its birth and education

Quite at the fag end of creation!