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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET, THE STARS, AND THE BANK, by HENRY GEORGE WEISS First Line: Stars are too many / too bright, too heavy Last Line: I have stars in my head instead of dollars! Alternate Author Name(s): Flagg, Francis | |||
Stars are too many, too bright, too heavy; fling me a cloak to cover my head, build me a roof to shut away stars. But the stars are in my head! There are stars in my head instead of dollars, -- and I have need of dollars and not stars, green bits of rag-paper with numerals on them, 2 ..... 1 ..... 10 ..... minted bits of silver with beaked and taloned eagles screaming "In God We Trust ....." And I with stars in my head And trusting in beauty instead of dollars! Kind sir, -- you in this bank, -- here is a star labelled "In Beauty We Trust": no pearl more blue, no emerald more green, ruby more red, or diamond more bright; the sun is in it and the moon, and the light and the hope of the world. See ... what am I offered? Ho, ho, ho! Ha, ha, ha! Don't laugh, I know I'm daft. I know this is a bank. But you see how it is (ha, ha!) Don't you see how it is? I have stars in my head instead of dollars! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I HAVE ENJOYED by HENRY GEORGE WEISS WHEN THE DESERT BLOOMS by HENRY GEORGE WEISS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: OSCAR HUMMEL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SLANTS AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK by CARL SANDBURG COUNTRY SUMMER by LEONIE ADAMS HUNTING HORNS by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE THE ELDER WOMAN'S SONG: 4, FR. KING LEAR'S WIFE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY CLEVEDON VERSES: 9. THE VOICES OF NATURE by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN FRAGMENT WRITTEN SHORTLY AFTER THE MARRIAGE OF MISS CHAWORTH by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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