Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are forever bawling -- let an idiot or insane person appear on each of the stands; Let judges and criminals be transposed -- let the prison-keepers be put in prison -- let those that were prisoners take the keys; Let them that distrust birth and death lead the rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIKE A BULRUSH by MARIANNE MOORE THE BRIDGE: PROEM. TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE by HAROLD HART CRANE THE WIND (2) by EMILY DICKINSON AFTER THE LAST BREATH (J.H. 1813-1904) by THOMAS HARDY FIRST-DAY THOUGHTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE CAP AND BELLS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |