WHEN Nell, given o'er by the doctor, was dying, And John at the chimney stood decently crying; 'Tis in vain, said the woman, to make such ado, For to our long home we must all of us go! True, Nell, replied John; but, what yet is the worst For us that remain, the best always go first; Remember, dear wife, that I said so last year, When you lost your white heifer, and I my brown mare! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PLANTATION BACCHANAL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE DYING SWAN by THOMAS STURGE MOORE FOR THE QUEEN MOTHER by JOHN BETJEMAN PRESIDENTIAL COTILLION by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD THE REFORMER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |