The love of money is a chain, Binding souls to greedy pain. The love of money is a jail, Bare abode of Hunger pale. The love of money is a czar, Lord of slaves that wretches are. The love of money is a wall, Bleak and barren, strong and tall. The love of money is a pit; Foulest creatures live in it. The love of money is a mine, Where the sunbeams never shine. Worst of all captivities, That the love of money is. Oh, be free, superbly free, From its cramping misery! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN JIM BLUDSO [OF THE PRAIRIE BELLE] by JOHN MILTON HAY SUMMER LONGINGS by DENIS FLORENCE MCCARTHY THE MOCKING-BIRD by FRANK LEBBY STANTON THE AGED LOVER RENOUNCETH LOVE by THOMAS VAUX LEGENDARY LIGHTS by ALTER ABELSON |