TO this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty. It may serve a turn in your life. My husband had nothing to do With the fall of the bank -- he was only cashier. The wreck was due to the president, Thomas Rhodes, And his vain, unscrupulous son. Yet my husband was sent to prison, And I was left with the children, To feed and clothe and school them. And I did it, and sent them forth Into the world all clean and strong, And all through the wisdom of Pope, the poet: "Act well your part, there all the honor lies." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A CYCLAMEN by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE EARLY PRIMROSE by HENRY KIRKE WHITE THE TURN OF THE ROAD by JANE BARLOW THE RED SUNSETS, 1883 (1) by MATHILDE BLIND THE PASSER-BY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 20 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 38 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 2. EPILOGUE: 5TH OCTOBER 1896 by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |