That the spoiler of whiskey should own such a name.

One might sooner expect that some learned Q. C.

Should abjure what he lives by, and welcomes—a fee;

That a judge should break laws, or a gaoler break chains,

Or a "guinea-pig" turn in disgust from his gains;

That a bookie should preach, or a bishop should bet,

That a slave of the Season should break etiquette;

A landlord proclaim his dislike of his rent,

Sleek Moses protest against eighty per cent;

That a priest should cast doubts on a stole or a cope,