Pleasure and pride are not, as duty knows,
(Though parsons think them) virtue’s deadliest foes;
The vice which always serves the Devil best
(Perhaps the parson) is self-interest.
“But for your Terror
Where would be Valour?
What is Love for
But to stand in your way?
Take and Giver,
For all your endeavour
You leave us with more
Than you touch with decay.”