MY @3second@1 could never produce my @3first,@1 Though its opposite frequently may; 'Tis a thing that is trampled upon and cursed, So tell me its name, I pray. In my @3whole@1 both my @3second@1 and @3first@1 you would see, With more of the latter than pleasant; A treat I consider this latter to be, Though, like all earthly good, evanescent. Above my @3second@1 'tis commonly borne, Though carefully kept below it; Full many a home it has caused to mourn, And the newspaper accidents show it. When my @3second@1 is looking its dullest and worst, And my @3whole@1 must be dreary indeed, Like a hard-hearted tyrant comes forth my @3first,@1 With whom it were vain to plead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FONTENOY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 2 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN A HEALTH by EDWARD COATE PINKNEY |