I admire the Bishops of the Church of England

No man can be a Bishop of the Church of England

And a fool.

A man can be a Bishop of the Church of England

And a knave.

But

Fortunately

Few if any of the Bishops of the Church of England

Are men of ill will.

They do their best

To resolve wisely

To govern effectively.

They are the butt of the ignoramus,

Of the sentimentalist,

Of the man who makes

Of his own bad temper and incompetency

A Movement for the Amelioration of the Sufferings

Of the Oppressed Members of the Lower Middle Classes.

Stevie Smith (1902-71), The Bishops of the Church of England, 1978.