"I see that all are wand'rers, gone astray
Each in his own delusions; they are lost
In chase of fancied happiness, still woo’d
And never won. Dream after dream ensues;
And still they dream that they shall still succeed,
And still are disappointed. Rings the world
With the vain stir."

--Cowp*r, "The Task" (1785)

    "Victory Asparagus

Should we call on God
or pour more blood?
Must a clown applaud,
should we call on God?
Power to the fraud
and to the flood...
Should we call on God,
or pour more blood?"

--*rnst A Kipling, Profil*s in Cowardic* (2005)