On the story of Cain and Abel.”
He saw Law trying a Viper for slander,
And searching a muck-heap for truth;
And he held his nose, and he said, “I suppose
That poison and filth in a duplicate dose
Have medicinal virtues for Youth.”
He went into a Bookseller’s shop
Hard by to a learned College;
And there, peeping over the shoulder of Youth,
He saw how new Pilates played ninepins with Truth;