Epitaph on Two National Leaders

(With apologies to Laurence Binyon.)

They were mean to the end,
Despite pleas uncounted;
They fell on their faces to Lefeaux.
They shall not return
As he who has served returns;
Power shall not weary them,
Nor the years forgive.
At the casting of our votes,
And in November.
We shall remember them.

—C.A.M.