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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 5, by DOUGLAS GARMAN
First Line: Now all's over, of course, / and small thanks to the sculptor
Last Line: Let the bronze be cast,
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
First Line: Now all's over, of course, / and small thanks to the sculptor
Last Line: Let the bronze be cast,
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
Now all's over, of course,
And small thanks to the sculptor,
England, for thy horse.
Let the bronze be cast,
And small thanks to the sculptor:
He's slighted the public taste.
Now that our judgment's passed
They're sure to curse us for ever:
Colonels, to prove themselves clever,
Will damn us, and generals blast.
Let the bronze be cast:
While an angry people, aghast,
Condemn in vain our fatal choice
Strong in the sense of a common voice,
Null, but assured, in taste.
Let the bronze be cast,
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