Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.
Another on the
This, the last ornament among the peers,
Bribed, bullied, swindled and blackmailed for years:
But Death's what even Politicians fail To bribe or swindle, bully or blackmail.
On Another
The Politician, dead and turned to clay,
Will make a clout to keep the wind away.
I am not fond of draughts, and yet I doubt If I could get myself to touch that clout.
On Yet
Fame to her darling Shifter glory gives;
And Shifter is immortal while he lives.
Epitah Upon
Lauda tu Ilarion audacem et splendidum,
Who was always beginning things and never ended 'em.
