But as for forcing "proper frames of mind,"

Minds are not framed, like melons, for such forcing!

Remember, as a Scottish legislator,

The Scotch Kirk always has a Moderator;

Meaning one need not ever be sojourning

In a long Sermon Lane without a turning.

Such grave old maids as Portia and Zenobia

May like discourses with a skein of threads,

And love a lecture for its many heads,

But as for me, I have the Hydra-phobia.