The Man With The Hoe

The Man with the Hoe
1603

Note-Poster Dwight Coburn has
declined an appointment as United States
senator from Kansas on the
ground that he prefers his work as
secretary of the state department of agriculture

I do not hanker for the great
And enormous affairs of state,
Nor would I give up farming for
The seat of any senator

The senatorial toga means
Much less ot me than farmers’ jeans,
And I am prouder hoeing corn
Than any statesman ever born

To guide the ship of state may be
To some the noblest destiny;
But as for me, I choose to steer
The plow through smiling cornfields here

Some wish to make the laws, and stand
As Sulons of our glorious land;
But I among these Kansas Pops,,
Would much prefer to crops make good
The fields of statesmanship are less
To me than hayields, I confess;
And I would rather milk a cow
Than milk the people, anyhow

Perhaps It’s fairt in Washington,
Perhaps it’s bright beneath that sun;
Perhaps there charm spells the glory
Charm—
But me for Kansas, and the farm!
W J Lampton