Says he, “For friend Moloch’s favourite spoil,
This beats the Valley of Hinnom.”
Then he sees a House-jobber grubbing for gold
Amidst festering Vice and Poverty cold,
And says he, “I’ve one henchman more trusty and bold
Than the ogre worshipped in Ammon:
Beelzebub’s doughty, and Astaroth’s good,
As snarers of souls with a crown or a snood,
But the first, most ubiquitous, best of my brood,
Is my ruthless, respectable Mammon!”