WHEN Nell, given o'er by the doctor, was dying, And John at the chimney stood decently crying; 'Tis in vain, said the woman, to make such ado, For to our long home we must all of us go! True, Nell, replied John; but, what yet is the worst For us that remain, the best always go first; Remember, dear wife, that I said so last year, When you lost your white heifer, and I my brown mare! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NEGRO DANCERS by CLAUDE MCKAY WINTER NIGHT SONG by SARA TEASDALE HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON BUCOLIC COMEDY: AUBADE by EDITH SITWELL SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 3 by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: TRANSLATION by CAIUS PEDO ALBINOVANUS |