The pulpit is a kind of block-house
From which to fire the random shot
Of innuendo; but woe betide the man
Who leaves the pulpit for the individual Assault.


The Minister (1953), reprinted in Song at the Year's Turning (1955)


The pulpit is a kind of block-house From which to fire the random shot Of innuendo; but woe betide the man Who leaves the pulpit for the individual...

The pulpit is a kind of block-house From which to fire the random shot Of innuendo; but woe betide the man Who leaves the pulpit for the individual...

The pulpit is a kind of block-house From which to fire the random shot Of innuendo; but woe betide the man Who leaves the pulpit for the individual...

The pulpit is a kind of block-house From which to fire the random shot Of innuendo; but woe betide the man Who leaves the pulpit for the individual...