I WENT up and down the streets Here and there by day and night, Through all hours of the night caring for the poor who were sick. Do you know why? My wife hated me, my son went to the dogs. And I turned to the people and poured out my love to them. Sweet it was to see the crowds about the lawns on the day of my funeral, And hear them murmur their love and sorrow. But oh, dear God, my soul trembled -- scarcely able To hold to the railing of the new life When I saw Em Stanton behind the oak tree At the grave, Hiding herself, and her grief! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACADE: 7. MADAME MOUSE TROTS by EDITH SITWELL THE BROKEN PITCHER by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE WITCH by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE INTROSPECTIVE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE GYPSIES [OR, GIPSIES] by HENRY HOWARTH BASHFORD AN OXFORD IDYLL by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN EUROCLYDON by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |