DO you remember when I stood on the steps Of the Court House and talked free-silver, And the single-tax of Henry George? Then do you remember that, when the Peerless Leader Lost the first battle, I began to talk prohibition, And became active in the church? That was due to my wife, Who pictured to me my destruction If I did not prove my morality to the people. Well, she ruined me: For the radicals grew suspicious of me, And the conservatives were never sure of me -- And here I lie, unwept of all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN by RUDYARD KIPLING A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SPRING, 1916 by ISAAC ROSENBERG YEW-TREES by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 15. ON DOMESTIC MANNERS (UNFINISHED) by MARK AKENSIDE |