"Huntington sleeps in a house six feet long.
Huntington dreams of railroads he has built and owned.
Huntington dreams of ten thousand men saying: Yes, sir.
Blithery sleeps in a house six feet long.
Blithery dreams of rails and ties he laid.
Blithery dreams of saying to Huntington: Yes, sir.
Huntington,
Blithery sleep in houses six feet long."
-- Carl Sandburg --
from Harvest Poems
It's a common enough point, but one that can't be made too often. Thomas Gray made it also:
"Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile,
The short and simple annals of the poor.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike the inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
-- Thomas Gray --
from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
Death is the great leveler
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