There be two men of all mankind
That I should like to know about;
But search and question where I will,
I cannot ever find them out.
Melchizedek he praised the Lord,
And gave some wine to Abraham;
But who can tell what else he did
Must be more learned than I am.
Ucalegon he lost his house
When Agamemnon came to Troy;
But who can tell me who he was —
I’ll pray the gods to give him joy.
There be two men of all mankind
That I’m forever thinking on:
They chase me everywhere I go, —
Melchizedek, Ucalegon.
(Edwin Arlington Robinson)
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