THEY hold their public meetings where <br />Our most renowned patriots stand, <br />One among the birds of the air, <br />A stumpier on either hand; <br />And all the popular statesmen say <br />That purity built up the State <br />And after kept it from decay; <br />And let all base ambition be, <br />For intellect would make us proud <br />And pride bring in impurity: <br />The three old rascals laugh aloud.<br /><br />William Butler Yeats<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-three-monuments/
