When young, in tones quite positive <br /> I said, "The world shall see <br />That I can keep myself from sin; <br /> A good man I will be." <br /> <br />But when I loved Miss Kate St. Clair <br /> 'Twas thus my musing ran: <br />"I cannot be compared with her; <br /> I'll be a better man." <br /> <br />'Twas at the wedding of a friend <br /> (He married Kate St. Clair) <br />That I became superlative, <br /> For I was "best man" there.<br /><br />Ellis Parker Butler<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-better-best/
