OH, Castlereagh! thou art a patriot now; Cato died for his country, so didst thou: He perish'd rather than see Rome enslaved, Thou cutt'st thy throat that Britain may be saved! So Castlereagh has cut his throat! -- The worst Of this is, -- that his own was not the first. So He has cut his throat at last! -- He! Who? The man who cut his country's long ago. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DRAW THE SWORD, O REPUBLIC by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE LEAVES FIRST by CARL PHILLIPS THE FABRIC OF LIFE by KAY RYAN FAIR HARVARD by GEORGE SANTAYANA GOOD-BYE DOROTHY GAYLE: ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA by KAREN SWENSON |