’St, there’s Vespers! Plena gratia,
Ave, Virgo! Gr-r-r—you swine!
Robert Browning.
CYNICAL ODE TO AN ULTRA-CYNICAL PUBLIC
YOU prefer a buffoon to a scholar,
A harlequin to a teacher,
A jester to a statesman,
An anonyma flaring on horseback
To a modest and spotless woman—