Subway Theology

Bishop Potter, finding hotter
Passions than there used to be,
To the Gospel bids defiance,
And appeals to modern science
For the remedy.


Saint and devil on a level
Walked of late where all men saw;
But the wise, by his example,
Travel now a subway ample.
Paved with fragments of the law.


Here this up-to-date instructor
Gives each clerical conductor
Transfers for the nuptial route,
So that they who feel the folly
Of the matrimonial trolley
May, at will, get out.