He protested all his life long <br />The newspapers lied about him villainously; <br />That he was not at fault for Minerva's fall, <br />But only tried to help her. <br />Poor soul so sunk in sin he could not see <br />That even trying to help her, as he called it, <br />He had broken the law human and divine. <br />Passers by, an ancient admonition to you: <br />If your ways would be ways of pleasantness, <br />And all your pathways peace, <br />Love God and keep his commandments.<br /><br />Edgar Lee Masters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mrs-meyers/
