Because he was a butcher and thereby
Did earn an honest living (and did right),
I would not have you think that Reuben Bright
Was any more a brute than you or I;
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One of my favorites too. I adore Edwin Arlington Robinson. Read his Richard Cory - another of my favorites.
I was reading the sonnet just last night. Reuben's patience was finally exhausted. Brilliant.