(A poem written on board the RMS Olympic, April 18, 1912, following the disaster to her sister ship)
He slams his door in the face of the world
If he thinks the world too bold:
He will even curse; but he opens his purse
To the poor, and the sick, and the old.
He is slow in giving to woman the vote
And slow to pick up her fan;
But he gives her room in an hour of doom
And dies - like an Englishman!
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855-1919)
Courtesy of Senan Molony
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