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