THE ENGLISHMAN
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)
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