He lingers where his children used to play,

Or through the market, on the well-worn stones

He stalks until the dawn-stars burn away.

A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black,

A famous high-top hat and plain worn shawl

Make him the quaint great figure that men love,

The prairie lawyer, master of us all.

He can not sleep upon his hillside now,

He is among us—as in times before!

And we who toss and lie awake for long