There's Bill the First, the Presidential Bill, Whose large proportions all the country fill, Whose thought molds history in many ways, Whose word a nation -- more or less -- obeys. The second Bill, the sage Congressional Bill, Has larger sway and wields a stouter will. How many times, in many a well-fought field, Must Bill the First to Bill the Second yield! But Bill the Third, the mighty Dollar Bill, Has greater force and influence vaster still. Upon his beck and call the millions wait, In market-places and the halls of state. But Bill the Fourth, the little Dunning Bill, -- Ah, his the final power, the reigning skill! When all the laws are writ, the deeds are done, This Bill the Fourth rules every mother's son! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD SEXTON by PARK BENJAMIN A BARD'S EPITAPH by ROBERT BURNS THE BLACK RIDERS: 38 by STEPHEN CRANE THE AKOND [OR, AKHOND] OF SWAT by EDWARD LEAR THE FALL OF JERUSALEM by ALFRED TENNYSON A SUMMER NIGHT by MATTHEW ARNOLD LINES ON THE DEATH OF PHILIP MEADOWS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |