A Sermon for the Very Young
I
If the Adam in us ordains
That we can't be eternally good.
Then let us be kindly at least, my son,
As devil or saint, we should!
II
Tho' the best of us wander at times
From the path that is narrow and straight,
To be honest in Sin, as in Saintliness, sir,
Wipes a half of it off the slate!
