Epitaph on the Politician Himself
Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged
I wept : for I had longed to see him hanged.
~~Hilaire Belloc
Epitaph
Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler grave than this:
Here lie the bones of Castlereagh
Stop traveller, and piss.
~~Lord Byron
A Dead Statesman
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
~~Rudyard Kipling
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Oh, I heartily approve!
Very appropriate and, sadly, still applicable to this day.
Now, let's see which pollie I could dedicate them to..eeny,meeny,miny,mo....
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