Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER MORAL, by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Last Line: And now of a bloody mary! Variant Title(s): The Ruling Power Subject(s): Gold; Money | ||||||||
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammered, and rolled; Heavy to get, and light to hold; Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled; Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould; Price of many a crime untold; Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Good or bad, a thousand-fold! How widely its agencies vary! To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless, As even its minted coins express! Now stamped with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TRAVELLER by RANDALL JARRELL ART VS. TRADE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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