Though sad be his lot and unhappy his dole,

But just count his strange international morals

A “circumstance over which he’s no control.”

Oh, blame not the people in Salt Lake its city,

Who’re sending out parties to proselytize;

They’ve suffered from wives, and they think it’s a pity

That others should not have to suffer likewise;

And blame not the Bard if his verses are prosy,

And move with a steadily slumberous roll,

The fact that he makes all the universe dozy