After

AFTER
2947

One who was rich picked out a spot
High on a noble hill, and there
He built himself a costly tomb,
That all the people might know where
He rested when his work was done,
The marble glistened in the sun;
The white shaft towered in the air

A toller where the crowds were great
Had love of men big in his heart;
He sang to make the sighing glad
And preached for peace with all his art
His song died on bis lips one day
They laid the ill-elad form away,
From all the costly tombs apart

Broad paths are beaten to a spot
Watched now with loving, Jealous care;
And rich and poor and great and small
Fare far to stand uncovered there
High on the hill, seen from below,
A rich tomb stands, but few mon go
To see what name the shaft may hear
-S E Kiser