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In The Street - ZaunköniG - 29.04.2012 Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 - 1893 In The Street Lord Shaftesbury You have done well, we say it. You are dead, And, of the man that with the right hands takes Less than the left hands gives, let it be said He has done something for our wretched sakes. For those to whom you gave their daily bread Rancid with God-loathed "sin," we bow our head Grateful, as the great hearse goes by, and think. Yes, you have fed the flesh and starved the soul Of thousands of us; you have taught too well The Rich are little gods beyond control, Save of your big God of the heaven and hell. We thank you. This was pretty once, and right. Now it wears rather thin. My lord, good night! |