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 Shade of Judge Jeffreys to the English BenchThe Commonweal, February 19, 1888
- Mr Facing Both WaysThe Vegetarian News, 1925
- Workman’s Jubilee OdeSocial Democrat, February 1897
- The Blessings of EmigrationJustice, May 9, 1885
- Voices of the VoicelessThe Great Kinship, edited by Bertram Lloyd, 1921