Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PEAU DE CHAGRIN OF STATE STREET, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How beauteous is the bond Last Line: Anywhere! Subject(s): Investments; Stocks; Bonds | ||||||||
HOW beauteous is the bond In the manifold array Of its promises to pay, While the eight per cent it gives And the rate at which one lives Correspond! But at last the bough is bare Where the coupons one by one Through their ripening days have run, And the bond, a beggar now, Seeks investment anyhow, Anywhere! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIKING TOWARD LAUGHING GULL POINT by DAVID BOTTOMS THE ANNUITANTS ANSWER by ROBERT CHAMBERS INVESTMENT SECURITY by F. W. H. FOOL'S GOLD by HERBERT KAUFMAN A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY [DECEMBER 16, 1773] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A SEA DIALOGUE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A SUN-DAY HYMN [OR LAMENT] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AFTER A LECTURE ON KEATS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES BILL AND JOE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL WEBSTER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
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