The Saloon is sometimes called a Bar, A Bar to heaven, a door to hell Whoever named it, named it well; A Bar to manliness and wealth A door to want and broken health; A Bar to honor, pride and fame A door to grief and sin and shame; A Bar to hope, a bar to prayer A door to darkness and despair; A Bar to honored useful life A door to brawling, senseless strife; A Bar to all that's true and brave A door to every drunkard's grave; A Bar to joys that home imparts A door to tears and aching hearts; A Bar to heaven, a door to hell Whoever named it, named it well! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE SHIRT by THOMAS HOOD THE LEPER (2) by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1802 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: COMPENSATION by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON WANT by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |