A horse can't pull while kicking. This fact I merely mention. And he can't kick while pulling, Which is my chief contention. Let's imitate the good old horse And lead a life that's fitting; Just pull an honest load, and then There'll be no time for kicking. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SMOTHERED FIRES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE CLOISTER by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE OLD WOMAN by JOSEPH CAMPBELL THE PROTESTATION by THOMAS CAREW THE SUPPLIANT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE LEPER by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE NEAR CALAIS [AUGUST 1802] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |