<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373815" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Hiram Scates</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I tried to win the nomination<br>For president of the County-board<br>And I made speeches all over the County<br>Denouncing Solomon Purple, my rival,<br>As an enemy of the people,<br>In league with the master-foes of man.<br>Young idealists, broken warriors,<br>Hobbling on one crutch of hope,<br>Souls that stake their all on the truth,<br>Losers of worlds at heaven's bidding,<br>Flocked about me and followed my voice<br>As the savior of the County.<br>But Solomon won the nomination;<br>And then I faced about,<br>And rallied my followers to his standard,<br>And made him victor, made him King<br>Of the Golden Mountain with the door<br>Which closed on my heels just as I entered,<br>Flattered by Solomon's invitation,<br>To be the County -- board's secretary.<br>And out in the cold stood all my followers:<br>Young idealists, broken warriors<br>Hobbling on one crutch of hope --<br>Souls that staked their all on the truth,<br>Losers of worlds at heaven's bidding,<br>Watching the Devil kick the Millennium<br>Over the Golden Mountain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edgar+Lee+Masters">Edgar Lee Masters</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373815" data-title="Hiram Scates de Edgar Lee Masters" data-description="I tried to win the nomination For president of the County-board And I made speeches all over the County Denouncing Solomon Purple, my rival, As an enemy of the people, In league with the master-foes of man. Young idealists, broken warriors, Hobbli..."></div> </div> </div>

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