| Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935). Collected Poems. 1921. |
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| II. The Children of the Night |
| 8. Two Men |
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| 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. | |
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| Melchizedek, he praised the Lord, | 5 |
| And gave some wine to Abraham; | |
| But who can tell what else he did | |
| Must be more learned than I am. | |
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| Ucalegon, he lost his house | |
| When Agamemnon came to Troy; | 10 |
| But who can tell me who he was— | |
| I’ll pray the gods to give him joy. | |
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| There be two men of all mankind | |
| That I’m forever thinking on: | |
| They chase me everywhere I go,— | 15 |
| Melchizedek, Ucalegon. | |
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