To this generation I would say: <br />Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty. <br />It may serve a turn in your life. <br />My husband had nothing to do <br />With the fall of the bank -- he was only cashier. <br />The wreck was due to the president, Thomas Rhodes, <br />And his vain, unscrupulous son. <br />Yet my husband was sent to prison, <br />And I was left with the children, <br />To feed and clothe and school them. <br />And I did it, and sent them forth <br />Into the world all clean and strong, <br />And all through the wisdom of Pope, the poet: <br />"Act well your part, there all the honor lies."<br /><br />Edgar Lee Masters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mrs-george-reece/
