Tho’ ladies are apt to be dark upon dates;
We most of us make rather light of Conchology
Except when the oyster-shell gapes on our plates.
“The Devil’s deposed they say, and Demonology
Would certainly seem to have gone to the De’il;
Some savants, like Hooker, still swallow Dendrology,
But tree-names are somewhat too tough for my meal.
“The parsons are great upon Ecclesiology,
And prate about proper pyramidal piles;
Few travelers care to neglect Entomology,