Among the worst of men that ever lived, However we did seriously attend, A little space we let our thoughts ascend, Experienced our religion and confessed !'Twas good for us to be there-be anywhere: Then to a heap of apples we addressed And cleared the topmost rider sine care, But our Icarian thoughts returned to ground And we went on to to heaven the long way round | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON DEATH, WITHOUT EXAGGERATION by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON WE PARTED IN SILENCE by JULIA CRAWFORD CHIQUITA by FRANCIS BRET HARTE A FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR A GIRL OF POMPEII by EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN |