MY thanks, friends of the County Scientific Association, For this modest boulder, And its little tablet of bronze. Twice I tried to join your honored body, And was rejected, And when my little brochure On the intelligence of plants Began to attract attention You almost voted me in. After that I grew beyond the need of you And your recognition. Yet I do not reject your memorial stone, Seeing that I should, in so doing, Deprive you of honor to yourselves. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITTLE GIRL LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE WHEN FIRST MY WAY by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN TO MY CHILDREN: 3 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD BROKEN MUSIC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |