Speak of Methuselah, no more
’Tis “Back to G. B. S.”
What shall the Future praise him for
The fun? The seriousness?
The illuming thought? The scene on scene
Portrayed by master mind?
All these: but most that wit so keen
Could flash from heart so kind.
The Times, July 26, 1926, p. 15
More Verses by Henry Salt
- The Modern Guy FawkesThe Commonweal, November 5, 1887
- FeathertopJustice, March 21, 1885
- We British WorkmenThe Labour Leader, May 26, 1894
- To The Poet LaureateJustice, May 2, 1885
- Voices of the VoicelessThe Great Kinship, edited by Bertram Lloyd, 1921