Are the hearts which they bear, and the lies which they tell.
W.H.
Description of the Murtle Lecture delivered
in our Public School.
Know ye the Hall where the birch and the myrtle
Are emblems of things half profane, half divine,
Where the hiss of the serpent, the coo of the turtle,
Are counted cheap fun at a sixpenny fine?
Know ye the Hall of the pulpit and form,
With its air ever mouldy, its stove never warm;