Samuel Butler

“ Preaching gospel in vain to the skins of owls ? "
O God ! O Montreal !
And I turned to the man of skins, and said unto him, " Oh ! thou man of skins,
Wherefore hast thou done thus, to shame the beauty of the Discobolus ? "
But the Lord had hardened the heart of the man of skins,
And he answered, " My brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon."
O God ! O Montreal !
" The Discobolus is put here because he is vulgar,
He hath neither vest nor pants with which to cover his limbs ”