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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MENTAL HORIZONS: 1. MR. SMALLMAN-SELFISHNESS, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON
First Line: With the markets his spirits rise and fall
Last Line: Hatched in this lilliputian hive.
Subject(s): Christianity; Selfishness; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States
First Line: With the markets his spirits rise and fall
Last Line: Hatched in this lilliputian hive.
Subject(s): Christianity; Selfishness; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States
With the markets his spirits rise and fall,
His sympathy stops with stomach wall.
He would pull the world in his little shell,
Nor glance to see who stood or fell.
Both church and charity plead in vain,
And a school tax simply raises Cain.
But thanks to nature, few survive,
Hatched in this Lilliputian hive.
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