Of Worship and Conduct
At the corner of the Causeway on every seventh eveningGathers the band of Salvation Army,Making big noise of Washed-in-Blood-of-Lamb.
At temple in East India Dock RoadMen gather in white clothes, and sing,And march with candles and pray to Lady.
At shop in Pennyfields, many times a day,This person pays respect to Big Man Joss,And burns to him prayer-papers and punk-sticks.
And all day long men toil for wife and child;Wife suffer and stint to make bigger plate for child;Child beg in street to get food for sick mother;Sister wear ragged clothes for sake of little brother.And none of these has bowed to Joss,Or marched with candle,Or washed in blood of Lamb.