funny poetry

a pen of steel
let us pity those who are better off than we are
what was it the engines said
the agony of having too much power
lived by the river-side
night was black and drear
our pleasant moments fly
she knows a cheap release
these be
muffled drum's sad roll has beat
my sorrow, when she's here with me
leave the lovely words unsaid
when i go back to earth
in the sphere