Surely the bills our tradesmen bring
Are discipline enough!

"A fresh supply of Rectories
Must really soon be found;
All would be _square_, if once there were
Sufficient to go _round_.

"To get the Clergy out of their
Pecuniary holes,
The sole and only cure I see
Would be--a Cure of Souls!

"'One man, one Vicarage!'--the cry
To stir a thoughtless nation;
But just at present let us try
Restricted Ordination!"

"Free Trade in Curates!" shout our girls,
Responsive from their pew;
"You say there are too many, but
_We_ know there are too few!

"Think of the budding Candidates
For Orders, whom, no doubt,
This limiting of out-put would
Excessively put out!

"If Curates now are destitute,
A brighter future beacons;