Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT GOLD CANNOT BUY, by KATHERYN SWEET EASTERDAY First Line: A miser old Last Line: To heaven's port beyond the sky. Subject(s): Gold; Greed; Wealth; Avarice; Cupidity; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
A miser old, A chest of gold, With trembling hands The gold he holds. The time draws nigh To say good-by -- His eyes are dim, And dark, the sky. What does it hold This chest of gold? A miser's dreams Are there all told, A passport now It cannot buy To heaven's port beyond the sky. A passport now He cannot buy To heaven's port beyond the sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE PERIMEDES, THE BLACKSMITH: PHILLIS AND CORIDON by ROBERT GREENE |
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