You, Fitch, are known to be a Deacon⁠— + 

A shining light, a holy beacon + 

Upon the walls of Zion, blazing + 

With an effulgency amazing. + 

And yet, I think, between the two + 

(Bob Ingersoll, I mean, and you) + 

A man in want of light to read + 

Between the lines of nature’s Creed + 

Would rather scrutinize Creation + 

By Robert’s clear illumination, + 

Than blind his eyes with smoke and vapor + 

From your infernal sputtering taper. + 

Though Ingersoll, perchance, had not + 

Of wisdom or of truth one jot, + 

I’d rather miss with him the clew + 

To life than follow it with you. + 