Mad + 

O ye who push and fight + 

To hear a wanton sing⁠— + 

Who utter the delight + 

That has the bogus ring⁠— + 

O men mature in years, + 

In understanding young, + 

The membranes of whose ears + 

She tickles with her tongue⁠— + 

O wives and daughters sweet, + 

Who call it love of art + 

To kiss a woman’s feet + 

That crush a woman’s heart⁠— + 

O prudent dams and sires, + 

Your docile young who bring + 

To see how man admires + 

A sinner if she sing⁠— + 

O husbands who impart + 

To each assenting spouse + 

The lesson that shall start + 

The buds upon your brows⁠— + 

All whose applauding hands + 

Assist to rear the fame + 

That throws o’er all the lands + 

The shadow of its shame⁠— + 

Go drag her car!⁠—the mud + 

Through which its axle rolls + 

Is partly human blood + 

And partly human souls. + 

Mad, mad!⁠—your senses whirl + 

Like devils dancing free, + 

Because a strolling girl + 

Can hold the note high C. + 

For this the avenging rod + 

Of Heaven ye dare defy, + 

And tear the law that God + 

Thundered from Sinai! + 