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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 3, by DOUGLAS GARMAN
First Line: Set up the statue: dull and staid
Last Line: Another civic statue's made.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Honor; Statues; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
First Line: Set up the statue: dull and staid
Last Line: Another civic statue's made.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Honor; Statues; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
Set up the statue: dull and staid,
As fits an all too common jade,
Lo! our slow, slow decision's made,
And now the carping critics are dismayed
And now the public's piddling taste's displayed;
Another civic statue's made.
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