Shapes of Clay

Upon this quarter-eagle's leveled face,

The Lord's Prayer, legibly inscribed, I trace.

"Our Father which"—the pronoun there is funny,

And shows the scribe to have addressed the money—

"Which art in Heaven"—an error this, no doubt:

The preposition should be stricken out.

Needless to quote; I only have designed

To praise the frankness of the pious mind

Which thought it natural and right to join,

With rare significancy, prayer and coin.