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Discover our poem explanations - click here!Searching... Subject: RICHES Matches Found: 293 "THE TWEED RING, 1868", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The great moguls of gotham! Their proud purses Last Line: Sleeps in the throttles of this ruthless three Subject(s): "depressions, Economic;income Tax;money;social Classes;tammany Hall, New York City;tweed, William Marcy [boss] (1823-78);wealth;" Recessions;caste;riches;fortunes 12-DEC, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And when god thought %said st. A. He thought Last Line: You're always slightly %thinking of it Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 1470: THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN PARIS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source Last Line: Was not a bible, but a book of private letters Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 2-JUN, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: The flight of red (the various) Last Line: I was raised to a pious life %and cannot live here Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 2-OCT, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: At the center of the picture, a river Last Line: A peeled muscle exposed to sun %cut in two. I would not choose Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 24-DEC, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Before birth %ex patre (was the) (lumiere the pere: %tu lumen) Last Line: Across les siecles %that licked them clean Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 25-NOV, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: There is perfect weather; you can smell it Last Line: Heads thrown back and talking quietly to each other Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 3-APR, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Curve %now my %love these trees, three Last Line: Two men alone in boats Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 3-MAR, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Father son and holy father son and only counting if it gathers Last Line: Its own and only weather %sounds like laughter Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 3-NOV, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Jean colombe. Stole from the cathedrals of auxerre Last Line: Liked november, the number 11, the water at a given distance, and no castle %but that hidden by tree Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 3-SEP, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: The ellipse that leads into (sept) Last Line: A shard of glass %dry grass in autumn Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 4-FEB, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And this in the middle Last Line: Of the hundred years' war Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry 7-JUL, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Because (it's said) seven heavenly bodies Last Line: Asleep in the grass, white grass %invisible in the white light Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry A BALLAD FOR CHRISTMAS-TIDE, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910) Poem Text First Line: There is a story that hath oft Last Line: Can bridge securely o'er! Subject(s): Christmas; Evil; Heaven; Hell; Lazarus; Poverty; Wealth; Nativity, The; Paradise; Riches; Fortunes A BALLAD OF QUEENSLAND, by G. H. GIBSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Don't you remember black alice, sam holt Last Line: To the end of the chapter of fate. Alternate Author Name(s): Ironbark Subject(s): Envy; Luck; Memory; Nostalgia; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes A DOUBTFUL CHOICE, by EDWARD DE VERE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Were I a king I might command content Last Line: A kingdom! Or a cottage! Or a grave! Alternate Author Name(s): Bulbeck, Lord; Oxford, 17th Earl Of; Vere, Edward De Variant Title(s): The Earle Of Oxenforde To The Reader: 16;a Choice;epigram Subject(s): Death; Life; Wealth; Dead, The; Riches; Fortunes A MAIDEN'S DREAM, by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Methought, in slumber as I lay and dreamt Last Line: That I awoke and start out of my dream. Subject(s): Fortitude; Hospitality; Justice; Prudence; Religion; Temperance; Wealth; Caution; Theology; Prohibition; Riches; Fortunes A MOTHER'S WEALTH, by WILLIAM C. CAMERON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Gi'e to the winds the gowd, it has nae charms for me Last Line: Their love is a' my gear, their smile is bliss to me! Subject(s): Love; Mothers; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes A PARTERRE OF KINGS, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With diamonds the boxes flashed and blazed Last Line: And nothing lacked that night save only art! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Diamonds; Praise; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes A POOR MAN'S WEALTH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A poor man? Yes, I must confess Last Line: This opulence of poverty. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Poverty; Wealth; Belief; Creed; Riches; Fortunes A PROSPECTIVE GLIMPSE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Janey pettibone's the best Last Line: Little janey pettibone! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Marriage; Wealth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes A SHORT SONG OF CONGRATULATION, by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long-expected one and twenty Last Line: You can hang or drown at last! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson, Dr. Variant Title(s): One And Twenty Subject(s): Birthdays; Inheritance & Succession; Labor & Laborers; Marriage; Wealth; Youth; Heirs; Work; Workers; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes A SONG, by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No riches from his scanty store Last Line: The storm is in my soul. Subject(s): Love; Poverty; Wandering & Wanderers; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes A SONG OF RICHES, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What will you give to a barefoot lass Last Line: Is the only millionaire. Subject(s): Wealth; Beauty; Riches; Fortunes A VISIT FROM WEALTH, by HIPPONAX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: But never came there plutus, the blind one Last Line: Minas of silver give I thee thirty.' Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Well, mabel, 'tis over and ended Last Line: I think it will happen in may. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Marriage; Wealth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes AGAINST FRUITION (1), by JOHN SUCKLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stay here, fond youth, and ask no more; be wise Last Line: He's only rich that cannot tell his store. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes ALL LIFE IN A LIFE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: His father had a large family Subject(s): Family Life; City & Town Life; Wealth; Social Protest; Capital Punishment; Conduct Of Life; Relatives; Riches; Fortunes; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty AN EQUALIZER, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It is as true as caesar's name was kaiser Last Line: We now and then should take an equalizer Subject(s): Economics; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes AN INSINCERE WISH ADDRESSED TO A BEGGAR, by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are not near enough to love Last Line: And truth reveal herself to you! Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos Subject(s): Brothers; Deception; Family Life; Wealth; Half-brothers; Relatives; Riches; Fortunes AN UNANSWERABLE APOLOGY FOR THE RICH, by MARY BARBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All-bounteous heaven,' castalio cries Last Line: He'd give -- just as he did before. Subject(s): Reni, Guido (1575-1642); Wealth; Riches; Fortunes APRIL 1, 1411: THE BETROTHAL, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: This is how they lived: the dialogue was staged Last Line: All the way back from the black sea, which (they say) really is black Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry APRIL 25: DAY OF ST. MARK, PATRON OF VELLUM: MANUFACTURE AND...., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Veined day; the daylight through Last Line: Of the unborn calf %turning gold Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry APRIL 2: FEAST DAY OF FRANCIS OF PAOLA, PATRON ...., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: I do here suspend the here and this: %wood Last Line: The quite of late, with the stars countable on the face of things. You get %used to these things Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry APRIL 4, 1400, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: 4=3 +1 = trinity (holy) fused to (ideal) unity (or multiplicity ruptured by Last Line: And this at the height %of the plague Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry APRIL: IN THE GARDEN, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: The earth tilts, cracking open fields and the courtyard, %open Last Line: Beauty is no less unlikely for having been invented Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry AQUINAS AND THE BISHOP; SONNET, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Increase of worldly wealth is not alway Last Line: "and say to sordid satan, 'get behind!'" Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes AUGUST 1424: THE FIRST DANCE MACABRE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Long line of arm in and and there on the farthest wall we are Last Line: (you dance and we'll sing.) last until lent of the coming year Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry AUGUST 1427: ABUNDANCE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Item: this year. %and made so beautiful august that it made never of the age of Last Line: Can enter. Wealth of sudden fruit, call me %whatever you want Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry AUGUST 17, 1427: THE FIRST RECORD OF GYPSIES IN EUROPE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Sont arrives: twelve men from basse egypt Last Line: See you walking down a long road with enormous fields on either side, very %green Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry AUGUST 1: THE OUTING, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: (all this shall someday be %birds: %plane 1: %count them: 5 %choreographed) Last Line: Who hunt birds, it's %always morning here Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry AUGUST 20, 1418: FAMINE WITH RUMORS OF WAR, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: From the root word 'tend' Last Line: You turned to stone or sun? How many can you see through %disguised as shore Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry AUGUST 26, 1425, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Item: %they arm the blind. (who were also the starved) Last Line: Denly mad. In fact, most were midly entertained, and the rest just unusually tired Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry AUGUST 3: THE TOWER IN THE BACKGROUND , NAMED LA GUINETTE, WHICH IS..., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Things had names. Towers, jewels, swords. We vestige the gesture in Last Line: Ask the way by name, who name %to whole this fragile hold Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry BALLADE: 27, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When that I call unto my mind Last Line: I ask but right for my redress. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Wealth; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Riches; Fortunes BALLADE: 38, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My sweet, alas, forget me not Last Line: Forget me not. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Life; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes BARRY'S CALF, by JASON [PSEUD.] Poem Text First Line: When barry went upon the land Last Line: Was found to have a fertile vealer Alternate Author Name(s): Jason Subject(s): Cattle;curiosities & Wonders;pregnancy;wealth; Riches;fortunes BRANDON, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Born on the breast of the prairie Last Line: Nations will nurse at her storehouse, and god gives her grain for wage. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes CONFIDENCE, by MAX SIMON NORDAU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Said the state to the prelate your pay we will withhold Last Line: And free 'twill be given—since rich jews do here abound. Subject(s): Jews; Wealth; Judaism; Riches; Fortunes CONTENTION BETWEEN FOUR MAIDS CONCERNING ... ADDED MOST PERFECTION, by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) Poem Text First Line: Our fairest garland, made of beauty's flowers Last Line: If not, she 's rich because she is content. Subject(s): Perfection; Virtue; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes CONTRASTED SCENES FROM REAL LIFE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: See yonder gorgeous fane, its doors expand Last Line: Thy potent aid—be still the outcast's friend! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Life; Marriage; Wealth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes CORNELIA'S REPLY, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cornelia, a matron of ancient rome Last Line: The pure quenchless light of a mother's love! Subject(s): Family Life; Housewives; Love; Mothers & Sons; Rome, Italy; Wealth; Relatives; Riches; Fortunes COWSLIP-GOLD, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rising from the murk and mould Last Line: Count my cowslip-gold! Subject(s): Gold; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes DEAR GIFTS, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Life's best gifts are bought dearly. Wealth is won Last Line: How dark the penalty that it exacts! Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Genius; Pleasure; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes DECEMBER 0: NEW MATH, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: How feared it was this certain Last Line: Acre in and into %entire rooms, whole towns, our mouths Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry DECEMBER 1: THE HUNT, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: To every month %its animal %animal Last Line: Every instant of an animal's life and almost makes it equal Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry DECEMBER 25, 1456: JE FRANCOYS VILLON, ESCOLLIER, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: It's snowing %bitter %ground Last Line: Who said when wolves live on the wind they get fat Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry DECEMBER 28: DAY OF THE SAINTS-INNOCENTS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Were not counted %we lost count Last Line: The dead, utter in their number, and wrong Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry DELL AND I, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In a mansion grand, just over the way Last Line: For I love and am loved by—one. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Happiness; Household Employees; Love; Wealth; Joy; Delight; Servants; Domestics; Maids; Riches; Fortunes DISCONTENTED, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "poor, when a boy, but opulent, when old" Last Line: "I have it now, when life is nearly done" Subject(s): Old Age;wealth; Riches;fortunes EARLY MORNING: OURS OF THE WHOLLY SPIRIT, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: In sequential moment %follow glory and the glory to be %nearly pointed out Last Line: Reigns %without amen who lives Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry ELEGY, WRITTEN AMONG THE RUINS OF A NOBLEMAN'S SEAT IN CORNWALL, by EDWARD MOORE (1712-1757) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Amidst these venerable drear remains Last Line: A superstructure time can ne'er decay. Subject(s): Cornwall, England; Mansions; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes EPIGRAM: 34, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Speak thou and speed, where will or power aught helpeth Last Line: Of good and bad the triers are these twain. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes EPISTLE 1, 10. TO FUSCUS ARISTUS, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Health from the lover of the country, me Last Line: The horse doth with the horseman run away. Alternate Author Name(s): Horace Subject(s): Friendship; Relationships; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes EPITAPH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: This worlds a city full of crooked streets Last Line: The rich could always live and the poor must die Subject(s): Epitaphs;poverty;wealth; Riches;fortunes EVOLUTION OF THE GARDEN, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: As albertus magnus instructs us Last Line: We could live here %gardinum %hundreds %of acres set aside for watching animals Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry EXIT NIGHTINGALE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ghastly contrast, god's grim joke! Last Line: Is wiped out in city mud. Subject(s): Suicide; Labor & Laborers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Riches; Fortunes FACT VERSUS FANCY, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: When last I strolled these ways with grace Last Line: His circumstances! Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Marriage; Wealth; Male-female Relations; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes FEBRUARY 1 BIS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And the body between word and world fuses, frays' Last Line: The footsteps leading up to it %all by themselves, hives Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FEBRUARY 14, 1404: THE BIRTH OF LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: One-eyed ceiling %always vault saw converging Last Line: The fan becomes a fan Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FEBRUARY 19, 1414: FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE WHOOPING COUGH IN EUROPE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: All these cranes they say omen as they might/ as if a Last Line: White slice in (cf. White) (cf. Within) Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FEBRUARY 1: WINTER AGRICULTURE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And here to our left we see Last Line: Maps, my lady, we live in a tiny, tiny world Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FEBRUARY 2: THE BENEDICTION OF THE CANDLES, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: When the faithful go marked %forehead in ashes washes Last Line: A strange shape for paradise. I thought it would be more round Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT, by CHARLES WILLIAM SHIRLEY BROOKS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: More luck to honest poverty Last Line: The man's an ass for a' that. Alternate Author Name(s): Brooks, Shirley Subject(s): Burns, Robert (1759-1796); Poetry & Poets; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes FOREWORD, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: That mine that was a country, a %poverty starred Last Line: But that you did %not look back Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FORTUNE, THE BOCCACCIO OF JEAN SANS PEUR, 1409-1419, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: We know our monsters only -not par l'entremise des anciens textes-but by the Last Line: In the wind are yet other %futures, but they refuse Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FORTUNES, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text First Line: This house is worth a thousand pounds Last Line: With a fortune for each finger. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Kindness; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes FORWARD, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Nunc %we videmus %see Last Line: Tunc %tunc %autem %ad faciem %si Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here's where the fire truck fell Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies; Wealth; Politics & Government; Riches; Fortunes FOURTH MONTH: APRIL: WITH PREVIEW OF JOAN OF ARC, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: To: land, air, and water. Must be added fire. Is utterly altered by fire. Are Last Line: Said no, it heals, said the flames seal something I was just about to think %anneals. I see an edge Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry FRIENDSHIP (2), by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now we are partners in such legal trade Last Line: For current stock and not for dividends. Subject(s): Friendship; Merchants; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes FULFILMENT, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I do not sit and sigh for wealth untold Last Line: It's what I've got. Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes GIFTS, by LILLIAN M. HAGAR Poem Text First Line: I ask not your silver, I want not your gold Last Line: "the ""why"" of things, unseen and that grow." Subject(s): Nature; Simplicity; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes GOLD, BEFORE GOODNESSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How rich a man is, all desire to know Last Line: But none enquires if good he be, or no. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes GOMEZ TO BLANCO, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Can honor for gold be bartered? Are treason and truth at one? Last Line: God bless her dauntless heroes! That day we soon shall see. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Cuba - Rebellions Against Spanish Rule; Freedom; South America; Wealth; Liberty; Riches; Fortunes GOOD LUCK, by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My daughter, be the rich man's wife, / provided then thou'll be for life Last Line: "how small a price brides bring!" Subject(s): Marriage; Wealth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes GRACE'S CHOICE, by CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When first I saw fair-featured grace Last Line: But wealth and—looks and pedigree. Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Beauty; Marriage; Wealth; Heritage; Heredity; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes GROWING RICH, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And why are you pale, my nora? Last Line: Are all upon my heart. Subject(s): Farm Life; Wealth; Agriculture; Farmers; Riches; Fortunes GUEST ROOM, by GEORGE OPPEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is in age Subject(s): Social Classes; Wealth; Caste; Riches; Fortunes HE MEDIATES ON THE LIFE OF A RICH MAN, by DOUGLAS HYDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A golden cradle under you, and you young Last Line: Than ned the beggar or seaghan the fool? Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes HIDDEN GEMS, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We know not what lies in us, till we seek Last Line: Which, seeking, thou shalt find. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Beauty; Gold; Pearls; Thought; Wealth; Thinking; Riches; Fortunes I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD', by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet's Biography Last Line: ?Took me cruising on his yacht Subject(s): Middle Age; Self-criticism; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes IF IT COMES TO THIS, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bitter, bitter Last Line: Or are you an empty word to cover our feeble spirits? Subject(s): Poverty; Social Protest; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes IMAGINE YOURSELF, by EVE MERRIAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Imagine yourself the fairly affluent tourist Alternate Author Name(s): Moskovitz, Eva Subject(s): Tourists; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes INSOMNIA, by JOHN DAVIDSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He wakened quivering on a golden rack Last Line: Implacably intent upon their task. Subject(s): Insomnia; Wealth; Sleeplessness; Riches; Fortunes INVENTION OF EQUAL HOURS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Rare they %and approximate who %could tell the hour after Last Line: You'd wake up in the middle of the night and find you'd been counting in %your sleep Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry IT'S THE SYME THE WIDE WORLD OVER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: Ayn't it all a bloody shyme! Subject(s): Poverty;wealth; Riches;fortunes JANUARY 17: ST. ANTONY'S DAY: LES FLAMMES, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: There's a disease that eats up the limbs that feels like ants are eating them' Last Line: Was hidden (or slid, envelope-style) %into fire or flood, but usually fire Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 1: ONCE FRAMED, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: The walls break down never were sugar in a storm castle on a Last Line: The colors running, the men carving meat Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 1: THE FEAST OF THE NEW YEAR, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Vows, a fete of, phalanx of, flagrant and sky all written on in snow: hommage Last Line: Aproche + aproche (scatter the century) %last Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 28: ST. THOMAS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: This day a great theophany %internaling an only %shining face Last Line: Meaning water, or lover of water, or both Variant Title(s): January 28, 1403: St. Thoma Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 29, 1408: THE GREAT FLOOD OF, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: To a life of moving water %and a watermark on the water Last Line: A cup and saucer spin for a moment on the surface Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 3: THE FEAST OF ST. GENEVIEVE; PATRON SAINT OF PARIS; 422-500, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Blew the candle out no devil knew not %the name stopped Last Line: Sewn with the blindman's stitch Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 5/5, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: =one. Need say we what was that you said it shrank %to a point Last Line: Year. %fury. %snow Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 6, 1400: THE FOUNDING OF LA COUR AMOUREUSE...., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Cold, %bored, %and underfoot, thin %ice (glance Last Line: Other of unconscionable red, who unasked, who, undeterred, said %yes Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JANUARY 6: ST. MATTHEW'S DAY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: As the magi stood before herod and said %further home Last Line: (and not a mark on him) stood %calmly eating the burning grass Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JOSEPHINE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: Hark, the very birds are singing, 'josephine!' Last Line: Josephine? Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Poverty; Wealth; Male-female Relations; Riches; Fortunes JULY 1: FIELD GEOMETRY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: All that interlock is fawn all that water joins Last Line: Beyond, say, to the shoulder of the average man Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JULY 2, 1421: A RIVER OF BLOOD HAS FLOWED THREE DAYS INTO THE SEINE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: In one this week %in this now year %of all our after Last Line: And all their arms %walking on water to victory, singing Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JULY 3, 1418: THE MIRACLE OF CRIME, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: When, coming home drunk, a swiss soldier stabbed the stone statue of the virgin Last Line: A dark lamp, a torch of burning gold, who'd never bled before %him alive Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JULY 5, 1421: IN WHICH THE PLIGHT, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Of starving wolves Last Line: They are swimming up the freezing river in droves Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JULY: COQUELICOT, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Folio sept: verso. So it goes. There will be. All field entire they. The Last Line: Though now we say azura, from which %the blue is made Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JUNE 15, 1416: THE DEATH OF JEAN, DUC DE BERRY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Who had fallen in love in prison (1363)- the swan once wounded Last Line: Or it's the same one passing (enormous) and in between %the sky Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JUNE 1: REAPING, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Sickle one, scythe two and sweep and sheaf and sign Last Line: (list everything you could carry %away in a boat) Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry JUNE 24: THE LONG DAY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: The day of jean l'amour. The 'saint-john'-all summer starts here. Lit a fire Last Line: Our word 'singer.' now sing I said louder. I said soon Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lives in the woods Last Line: Keep off my bandwagon you sow! Subject(s): Parties; Superficiality; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 3. ISAAC BROWN, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pass on to isaac brown, a man elect Last Line: Resumes his bench, and wipes his reeking face. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Landlords & Tenants; Mortgages; Neighbors; Portraits; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes LORD FINCHLEY, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord finchley tried to mend the electric light Last Line: To give employment to the artisan. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Wealth; Labor; Wit & Humor; Riches; Fortunes LOST OPPORTUNITIES, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I am rich,' he used to say Last Line: A man must earn before he's rich. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes LOVE IS ENOUGH, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Love is enough. Let us not ask for gold Last Line: Love is enough! Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes LOVE'S CUP, by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Life's richest cup is love's to fill Last Line: About the brows of those who love! Subject(s): Love; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes MACHINE DESIGNS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Still thin, though straight, the between Last Line: And you hear the shift %as a short 'I'-I.E., sill, lip, shipping Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARCH 1432, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: So bitterly froze and the floodwaters reached Last Line: Flood after freeze and flood again they are talking peace between kings Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARCH 1: SPRING AGRICULTURE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Thus we find triads: dimension, form, and order %substance, nature, power Last Line: Something (we can't see what) (sheaf?) (shearing?) holding (soft) %against himself Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARCH 25, 1472/75: THE ANNUNCIATION, LEONARDO DA VINCI, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: As in mid as in air as if there could %be enough Last Line: Empty space %to %emptiness Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARCH 25: THE ANNUNCIATION, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Mary of the turning %who turns around and stammers Last Line: What am I doing? And what am I incapable of doing? Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARCH 8 (FEAST DAY OF JOHN OF GOD, PATRON SAINT OF PRINTERS)......., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Moves the word is good of god what moving Last Line: (as god is to every %clockwork aviary) Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARCH: NOCTURNE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And as are the nocturnes, three Last Line: Gates shall enter in %shall and Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARCH: THE THIRD LESSON: TO BE SAID AT NIGHT OR UPON RISING, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Cedar of libanus, the exalted %(as was I, oh l., a witness) a cypress Last Line: And the cypress and the olive and the scar above the eye Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MARTIAL IN LONDON, by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS Poem Text First Line: Exquisite wines and comestibles Last Line: And I'll envy no rothschild his million. Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes MAY 1, I A.M.: LES REVENANTS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Old and on / certain nights of the walpurgis I saw them Last Line: (the precision) there %by choice Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MAY 19, 1435: THE GREAT FREEZE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: It is reported he walked out Last Line: The hundred and forty you could see right through %the crystal trees Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MAY 1: BROAD DAY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Note the curves we pause and forth %and he turns %and she looks Last Line: And pointed and smiled, but I couldn't hear what he said Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MAY 21, 1420: SIGNING THE TREATY OF TROYES, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And thus we give up: this and this and Last Line: You get a great view from here; it just isn't yours anymore Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MAY 30, 1427: JOAN-NOT-YET-SAINT WITH SHEEP, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: When they eat from your hand it's said that you're saved Last Line: And up about half an inch. What %will you give Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MAY 5: EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER, AND ETHER, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: As is the number %of man: four limbs and a heart, star-shaped if the star Last Line: A hand (what was held) (hold this) (my most urgent most and %agile wound) Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MAY 9: TRANSLATION DAY OF SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA, PATRON SAINT OF..., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Called city of one hundred bell-towers (not one hundred bells) Last Line: (choose from among) %(my lady, try on this one) Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry MIRA TO OCTAVIA, by MARY LEAPOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fair one, to you this monitor I send Last Line: Write ballads both, and you may thrive -- adieu. Subject(s): Courtship; Love - Materialism; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes MISS MILLY O'NAIRE, by WILLARD GROSVENOR BLEYER Poem Text First Line: She is not young and fair Last Line: Miss millionaire. Subject(s): Comedy; Love; Old Age; Puberty; Sex; Ugliness; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes MY POOR NEIGHBOR, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: My neighbor hath a lordly pile Last Line: While I have home—and you, my dear! Subject(s): Blessings; Family Life; Fathers; Happiness; Neighbors; Poverty; Wealth; Relatives; Joy; Delight; Riches; Fortunes MY WEALTH, by GEORGIA DAY SHERWOOD Poem Text First Line: I have not gathered any gold Last Line: My greatest wealth to be. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 24TH PRECEPT, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Desire not thy mean fortunes for to set Last Line: Like ravenous wolves; 'tis dangerous living near 'em. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes NECROPOLIS, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Even in death they prosper; even in the death Subject(s): Wealth; Poverty; Death; Social Commentaries; Riches; Fortunes; Dead, The NIGHT THOUGHTS; THE COMPLAINT: 6. THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED (1), by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She (for I know not yet her name in heav'n) Last Line: Stronger than death, and smiling at the tomb. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Future Life; Immortality; Life; Love; Night; Wealth; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Bedtime; Riches; Fortunes NONGTONGPAW, by CHARLES DIBDIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: John bull for pastime took a prance Last Line: "good night t'ye, mounseer nongtongpaw!" Alternate Author Name(s): Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo; Dibdin, Charles, Jr. Subject(s): Funerals; Wealth; Burials; Riches; Fortunes NOVEMBER 11, 1422: THE FUNERAL OF CHARLES THE SIXTH, THE MAD, AND ..., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Le visage decouvert %and the naked face Last Line: Drunk the well and for once in our lives could ask for more Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry NOVEMBER 1485: JEAN COLOMBE HANDS THE FINISHED MANUSCRIPT TO ..., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And from there four hundred years %hidden in air Last Line: Was later found somewhere else Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry NOVEMBER 1: ALL SAINTS' DAY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: St. (breathe) known by his (guess) st. (yes) known by Last Line: In antonella's st. Jerome, he is seated in a room whose architecture emulates %the chambers of the h Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry NOVEMBER 23, 1407: THE MURDER OF LOUIS D'ORLEANS IN THE RUE ...., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Murdered: one brother %of a mad king of Last Line: On your knees you %surrounded him and beat him to death Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry NOVEMBER 25: ST. CATHERINE'S DAY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Wheels! (see page yeah, sure first invented in and Last Line: Water %my homuncular bead Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry NOVEMBER 2: ALL SOULS' DAY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Walk again have passed this gate at night and Last Line: And so on is the on. Walking is a holy thing; it sieves the sun Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry NOVEMBER 9, 1414: MARGERY KEMPE MARRIES GOD, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Who is they we %say (they said) %tear Last Line: The way it curves to fit the most intricate of them Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER 1, 1445, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: How to paint a filament designed to be invisible Last Line: For every man standing %on the edge of a river is a part of it Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER 12, 1492: THE DEATH OF PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA AND THE ERROR..., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: A child %the size of the %palm of the Last Line: From on earth %looks safe Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER 15, 1415: GUILD INITIATION: PAOLO UCCELLO EXAMINES THE SKY, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Vasari swears %the birds were there, are %still Last Line: It's that now %the hunted sail for a minute Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER 25, 1415: THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Having promised to cut three fingers Last Line: Soft trees, %ten thousand men Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER 28, 1449: THE TRANSLATION OF THE RELICS OF ST. JEAN...., by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Is over %that has ever been told Last Line: They come back at all? %will be loved Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER 4, 1451: NICHOLAS OF CUSA PREACHES AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Godar %chi tectan Last Line: Often find myself at home Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER 7, 1434, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Remembered for its gale-both of the two surviving accounts of this day Last Line: And laid it down on a garden gate, balancing. I swear I saw this %with my eyes Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry OCTOBER: A SUPERSTITIOUS HOUR, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Nothing is as is seen Last Line: To have seen, whenever she glanced up, a face she no longer recognized Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry ODE II, 2, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear youth, to hoarded wealth a foe Last Line: And spurn that wealth which misers prize. Alternate Author Name(s): Horace Subject(s): Greed; Virtue; Wealth; Avarice; Cupidity; Riches; Fortunes ODE TO AMERICA, by MARY P. DENNY Poem Text First Line: America, america! / we chant thy note of praise Last Line: Unto the perfect day! Subject(s): Praise; United States; Wealth; America; Riches; Fortunes ON LATE-ACQUIRED WEALTH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes" Last Line: "and nought when old enjoyed, denied the power" Subject(s): Wealth; Riches;fortunes ON THE PROMENADE, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O joyous idler in the sun Last Line: O youthful dreams that come no more! Subject(s): Fate; Health; Tears; Wealth; Youth; Destiny; Riches; Fortunes ON VISITING THE CASTLE AND CHURCH OF GRUYERE IN SWITZERLAND, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where gruyere's castle, rearing still on high Last Line: Alone uncared for, crumbling to decay. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Castles; Churches; Poverty; Switzerland; Wealth; Cathedrals; Swiss; Riches; Fortunes ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I should like to be rich,' said young tom, with a sigh Last Line: You will find that young tom is a true millionaire. Subject(s): Kindness; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes PAINTER PAINTS A CALENDAR, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Languor. Succor. Ardor. Such is the tenor of the entry. You open a little door Last Line: Always %wanted %he said %and did Variant Title(s): The Painter Rearranges The Mirrors (1415 Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry POEMS FOR THE RICH: 5. A POEM FOR MILLIONAIRES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Viz rothschild -- face of gold Last Line: Bag of bones Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;wealth; Judaism;riches;fortunes POOR BUT HONEST, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "she was poor, but she was honest" Last Line: It's the rich as gets the pleasure - / ain't it all a bleeding shame! Subject(s): Dishonor;seduction;villains In Literature;wealth; Riches;fortunes PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: While things were going on in europe Subject(s): Anarchism And Anarchists; Poverty; Social Classes; Social Protest; Wealth; Youth; Caste; Riches; Fortunes POVERTY AND RICHES, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Give want her welcome if she comes; we find Last Line: Riches to be but burthens to the mind. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes PREFACE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Numbers, which saint augustine considered %god thinks Last Line: To empty the ocean to fill in the sand Variant Title(s): Such Rich Hour: Prefac Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry PRIDE, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O countess gudel of gudelfeld town Last Line: She smells of garlic -- this gudelfeld! Subject(s): Garlic; Pride; Wealth; Self-esteem; Self-respect; Riches; Fortunes PROFITABLE THINGS, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All your other wares you pushed my way Last Line: Profitable only? Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes PROLOGUE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And ten days later, the locks and keys Last Line: That it had to happen/will happen (circle one) this way Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry PROLOGUE TO THE PROPHETESS, BY BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What nostradame, with all his art, can guess Last Line: Under a female regency may rise. Subject(s): Fortune; Nostradamus, Michel De (1503-1566); Politics & Government; Prophecy & Prophets; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes PUISSANCE OF THE JEW, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: For, if we be not of the lost ten tribes Last Line: With dawning greatness of the jewish name! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Jerusalem; Jews; Nations; Wealth; Judaism; Riches; Fortunes QUALITY HILL, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Quality hill! It looked down on the town Last Line: The motley and medley of quality hill. Subject(s): New York City; Wealth; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Riches; Fortunes R.S.S., by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All-worshipped gold! Thou mighty mystery! Last Line: Nor delia can avail to make me blessed. Subject(s): Love; Virtue; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RECESSIONAL, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: God of our fathers, known of old Last Line: Thy mercy on thy people, lord! Variant Title(s): Lest We Forget! Subject(s): Faith; God; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Humanity; Imperialism; Patriotism; Prayer; Religion; Soldiers; Wealth; Belief; Creed; British Empire; England - Empire; Theology; Riches; Fortunes RECIPES FOR RED, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Ardor and pestle %igneous anchor Last Line: Monsieur, will you do me the honor; take the blood from this faucet %and make from it a pair of glov Variant Title(s): Such Rich Hour: Recipes For Re Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry RECURRENT MIRACLE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Une si belle chance that a %merveille could strike Last Line: And wondered if anything would change Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry RESPONSE: CHRISTINE, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: De pisan founds (inciting Last Line: Who (what) came (is just now coming) in Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry REVERENCE TO RICHES, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like to the income must be our expence Last Line: Mans fortune must be had in reverence. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICH AND POOR, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When god built up the dome of blue Last Line: And conscience is our captain too. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICH AND POOR; OR, SAINT AND SINNER, by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The poor man's sins are glaring Last Line: Where the bishop groans to view him. Subject(s): Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICH FOLKS, POOR FOLKS, AND NEITHER, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rich folks keep their teeth Last Line: I was still a child of water and mud. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICHARD CORY, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Whenever richard cory went down town Last Line: Went home and put a bullet through his head. Subject(s): Despair; Suicide; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICHES, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: O had I but ten thousand pounds a year! Last Line: Is erning, thine doth only make thee spend. Subject(s): God; Greed; Temptation; Wealth; Avarice; Cupidity; Riches; Fortunes RICHES, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It's a pretty good world when I figure it up and balance the profit and loss Last Line: The love of a woman, the faith of a friend, and the smoke of a good cigar. Subject(s): Fate; Wealth; Destiny; Riches; Fortunes RICHES, by ANNE MILLAY BREMER Poem Text First Line: Where pollen drifts are softly blown Last Line: All I see, high and wide—is mine. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICHES, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY Poem Text First Line: If we are poor and do not know Last Line: If we are poor. Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A. Subject(s): Love; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICHES, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have ye seen the caterpillar Last Line: He laugheth at his foes. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICHES, by MARGARET SACKVILLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is the worth of all these things:-a day Last Line: Before delight which thrives upon a crust! Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes RICHES AND POVERTY, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God co'd have made all rich, or all men poore Last Line: Had all been poore, who had his bounty seen? Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes ROMANCE, by JOHN DAVIDSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The marketbaunters: now, while our money is piping hot Last Line: And death draws nigh. Subject(s): Desire; Discontent; Markets; Wealth; Dissatisfaction; Supermarkets; Riches; Fortunes ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 1. THE WAY OF THE WORLD, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He who has already much Last Line: Have a claim for living in it. Subject(s): Life; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes SALTED DOWN, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I saved five dollars every week, against the Last Line: Some roubles down. Subject(s): Fortune; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes SATIRE: 6, by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS Poem Text First Line: Has winter caus'd thee, friend, to change thy seat Last Line: Thy heap, where I shall put an end to mine. Alternate Author Name(s): Persius Subject(s): Virtue; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes SATURDAY, MARCH 2, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Melusine, who was touched %beyond oath Last Line: Are you doing in my sky? Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry SELIMUS: KINGS, by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Leave me, my lords, until I call you / forth Last Line: That thinks a sceptre is a pleasant thing. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; Leadership; Wealth; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Riches; Fortunes SEPTEMBER 1, 618: IN LIGHT OF GOLD: 1. FIRE GILDING, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: The trick this time is mercury %rubbed in by hand, hand and chalice Last Line: This huge we %put it there Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry SEPTEMBER 1. 618: IN LIGHT OF GOLD: 3. GILDING BY ATTRITION, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: You take ground glass (you grind glass) Last Line: Or the people or at least their eyes Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry SEPTEMBER 1.618: IN LIGHT OF GOLD: 2. CHRYSOGRAPHY WITH GOLD INKS, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Refractory. %ground the lens rubbing two fingers together: I am lonely Last Line: Burnish with a tooth tied firmly to an oar Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry SEPTEMBER 10, 1419: THE ASSASSINATION OF JEAN SANS PEUR, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: In retaliation (see november 23) %kneeling in homage Last Line: In a red hat, and behind him, a man dressed in red Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry SEPTEMBER 21, 1431: WOMAN LOSES SLEEP, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: Early afternoon-many around-you know how those women Last Line: Of falling. 'a rest' she says 'like one has never felt, and the extravagant %promise of an imminent Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry SILVER SLEEVES, by MARY ATWATER TAYLOR Poem Text First Line: She was a queen with silver sleeves and ermine Last Line: -- she is content! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Peasantry; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes SOLILOQUY ON AN EMPTY PURSE, by MARY JONES Poem Text First Line: Alas, my purse! How lean and low! Last Line: And gently rhyming rats to death. Subject(s): Retail Trade; Wealth; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers; Riches; Fortunes SOLOMON ON THE VANITY OF THE WORLD: BOOK 2. PLEASURE, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Try then, o man, the moments to deceive Last Line: Their wishes, smiles, and looks deceitful all, and vain. Subject(s): Happiness; Love; Pleasure; Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Vanity; Wealth; Joy; Delight; Riches; Fortunes SONG OF THE KINGS OF GOLD, by CHENEZER JONES Poem Text First Line: Ours all are marble halls Last Line: Ha! Ha! Who are gods? Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes SONG: 26, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who list his wealth and ease retain Last Line: For sure, circa regna tonat. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): "who List His Wealth And Ease Retain';innocentia; Veritas Viat Fides; Subject(s): Desire; God; Hearts; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes SUCCESS, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: Success is in thinking and not in mere wealth Last Line: He measures in money his thought of success. Subject(s): Money; Success; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes TALENT AND GENIUS, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the high road travelling steady Last Line: Only is known when the grave closes o'er him. Subject(s): Genius; Graves; Wealth; Tombs; Tombstones; Riches; Fortunes THE ALDERMAN'S FUNERAL, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whom are they ushering from the world, with all Last Line: Dropping upon his urn their marble tears. Subject(s): Christianity; Funerals; Generosity; Sin; Strangers; Towns; Wealth; Burials; Riches; Fortunes THE BANKER, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To blow in wealth I sometimes hanker, on Last Line: Cautious village banker, who sizes up the snares and fakes. Subject(s): Banks And Banking; Money; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE BOAR AND THE SINGING BIRD, by JEAN PIERRE CLARIS DE FLORIAN Poem Text First Line: A millionaire of much pretence Last Line: "deems his own merit the attraction." Subject(s): Pigs; Vanity; Wealth; Boars; Hogs; Riches; Fortunes THE CITY'S CROWN, by WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE Poem Text First Line: What makes a city great? Huge piles of stone Last Line: Till every stone shall be articulate. Subject(s): Cities; Religion; Wealth; Urban Life; Theology; Riches; Fortunes THE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN, by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A cobbler sang from morn till night Last Line: "and take the money, every pound!" Variant Title(s): The Cobbler And The Financier Subject(s): Fables; Shoes; Sleep; Wealth; Allegories; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers; Riches; Fortunes THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: And wherefore do the poor complain? Last Line: And these have answer'd thee! Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Experience; Pain; Poverty; Reason; Wealth; Suffering; Misery; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Riches; Fortunes THE DEAD MILLIONAIRE, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The gold that with the sunlight lies Last Line: "they'll make no pocket in my shroud." Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE EMPTY PURSE, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou, run to the dry on this wayside bank Last Line: Drew our thoughts to earth's lowly for food. Subject(s): Mythology; Wealth; Youth; Riches; Fortunes THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I'll sing you a good old song Last Line: "of a fine old english gentleman, / all of the olden time" Subject(s): England;wealth; English;riches;fortunes THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, by CHARLES DICKENS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'll sing you a new ballad, and I'll warrant it first-rate Last Line: Hail to the coming time! Subject(s): England; Great Britain - History; Wealth; English; English History; Riches; Fortunes THE GATEKEEPER'S CHILDREN, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the house of the very rich. Subject(s): Wealth; Social Classes; Children; Riches; Fortunes; Caste; Childhood THE GOD OF WEALTH, by TIMOCREON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Blind god plutus, better far Last Line: All its miseries, every one! Alternate Author Name(s): Timokreon Of Rhodes Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE GOLDEN AGE, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Money abundant, at an easy rate! Last Line: That gold alone can make no golden age. Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): England; Freedom; Materialism; Muses; Wealth; Youth; English; Liberty; Riches; Fortunes THE GREEN TENT, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text First Line: Summer has spread a cool, green tent Last Line: Can sleep without the power of wealth. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE HERITAGE, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rich man's son inherits lands Last Line: Well worth a life to hold in fee. Variant Title(s): The Poor And The Rich Subject(s): Poverty; Wealth; Youth; Riches; Fortunes THE KING'S CONSORT, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Love, was it yesternoon, or years agone Last Line: When you were king of egypt—dear, and I was egypt's queen. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Egypt; Love; Memory; Nostalgia; Wealth; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Riches; Fortunes THE LEY OF THE LANDLORD, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I love my good ley on a clear winter's day Last Line: When the cattle walk out and the cash comes in! Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Landlords & Tenants; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE LONG TRAIL, by MINNI MILLS NEAL Poem Text First Line: Riding down the dixie highway Last Line: That's just ahead of me. Subject(s): Hunting; Roads; Wealth; Hunters; Paths; Trails; Riches; Fortunes THE MILLER, by JOHN CLERK Poem Text First Line: O merry may the maid be Last Line: When a miller lives so happy? Alternate Author Name(s): Clerk Of Penicuik, John Subject(s): Marriage; Mills & Millers; Wealth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes THE MISER'S MANSION, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou mouldering mansion, whose embattled side Last Line: And angels hymn'd the rich man's soul to heaven. Subject(s): Future Life; Generosity; Hospitality; Misers; Wealth; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Riches; Fortunes THE NO-LONGER-MERRY ANCIENT MONARCH, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Old king cole was a merry old soul Last Line: And called for his fiddlers three. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Old Age; Wealth; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Riches; Fortunes THE OLD PROSPECTOR, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's a song in the canyon below me Last Line: I'll follow the trail that I love. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Prospecting; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE ONE DAY, by DONALD HALL Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: There are ways to get rich: find an old corporation, Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 104, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rich men met in an elegant hall Last Line: Strange to begrudge leftover rays Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Greed; Wealth; Avarice; Cupidity; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 12, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Zither and books are up to you Last Line: At home on a single branch Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 123, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wealth and position attract distant kin Last Line: Even leather shoes wear thin Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Family Life; Poverty; Wealth; Relatives; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 124, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I once knew a foolish man Last Line: A donkey knows pain is close behind Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Ignorance; Wealth; Dullness; Stupdity; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 135, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Don't stay poor my friend Last Line: You're just as rich as him Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 140, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When master tung was young Last Line: Who on earth was that Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Wealth; Youth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 143, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Old chung north of town Last Line: But had such cold insides Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Death; Wealth; Dead, The; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 154, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Those days when I had money Last Line: I hope you weigh this well Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 183, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They laugh at me hey farm boy Last Line: And stick a stupa on my head Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Fashion; Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 188, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Someone sighed cold mountain air Last Line: With money your concern Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Ignorance; Poetry & Poets; Poverty; Wealth; Dullness; Stupdity; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 190, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One bottle is cast in gold Last Line: Cultivation begins today Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Virtue; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 196, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fire and smoke raged within Last Line: They were fools indeed Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Fire; Ignorance; Wealth; Dullness; Stupdity; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 221, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Birth and death are decreed Last Line: And brilliant scholars are broke Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Birth; Chinese Literature; Death; Fame; Wealth; Child Birth; Midwifery; Dead, The; Reputation; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 238, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We hear about the ministers of state Last Line: And all because of ignorance Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Government; Ignorance; Punishment; Wealth; Dullness; Stupdity; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 243, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was so poor in the past Last Line: These jewels aren't for sale Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 248, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here's a poem for you young lords Last Line: He was a fool for azure pearl Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Death; Wealth; Dead, The; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 260, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Imagine a king-of-the-wheel Last Line: You'll waste these human years Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Reincarnation; Wealth; Buddha; Buddhists; Transmigration; Pretas; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 40, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An old lady who lives to the east Last Line: From the east and from the west Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Laughter; Poverty; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 41, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rich have so many cares Last Line: The mourners will all be flies Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Death; Wealth; Dead, The; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 42, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I met a brilliant scholar once Last Line: What can you say about broken tiles or melted ice Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Beauty; Chinese Literature; Disappointment; Scholarship & Scholars; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 59, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I met a girl to the east Last Line: They'll reap their judgment in tears Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Marriage; Punishment; Wealth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 11, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A son demands a wife Last Line: But not in your book of crimes Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Family Life; Marriage; Wealth; Relatives; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes THE POOR LITTLE RICH FLOWER, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: It's better to be a buttercup out in the / grass Last Line: Flower, in a lady's bower. Subject(s): Children; Courts & Courtiers; Flowers; Summer; Wealth; Childhood; Riches; Fortunes THE PRICE OF RICHES, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Nobody stops at the rich man's door to pass the Last Line: They used to do. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE PROPHET, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poet's Biography First Line: Came to me / with a poor man's tale Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.); Poverty; Prophecy & Prophets; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE RICH MAN, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rich man, in the diatribes of virtuous Last Line: Godless crimes. Subject(s): Gold; Money; Upper Classes; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE RICH RIVALL, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They say you're angry, and rant mightily Last Line: Ah, simple soule what would become of thee! Subject(s): Love - Nature Of; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THE TWO GLASSES, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There sat two glasses filled to the brim Last Line: On the rich man's table, rim to rim. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Cups; Drinks & Drinking; Fables; Water; Wealth; Wine; Allegories; Riches; Fortunes THE VILLAGE MUNITIONS CO., INC.; FORMERLY THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Under spreading chestnut tree Last Line: Has earned two thou. Per cent. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Business; Factories; Labor & Laborers; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Money; Wealth; Businessmen; Businesswomen; Work; Workers; Riches; Fortunes THE WISDOM OF ALI; AN ARAB LEGEND, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The prophet once, sitting in calm debate Last Line: "which god supplies, is inexhaustible." Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): God; Legends, Arabic; Prophecy & Prophets; Wealth; Wisdom; Riches; Fortunes THEY CALL IT BUSINESS, by CHARLES G. ADAMS Poem Text First Line: Many sow / and reap; yet die poor Last Line: They call it business. Subject(s): Class Struggle; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THIS SIDE AN' THAT, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rich man sat in his father's seat Last Line: Wi' the dogs I' this side, the angels o' that. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes THOSE WONDROUS DAYS, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: They talk about the good old days, when every sportsman rolled Last Line: Those were the days, the glorious days, and money flowed—like glue! Subject(s): Money; Past; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes TO A RICH MAN, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY Poem Text First Line: What worries me and makes me blue Last Line: "what? Worries? Me?!" Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes TO A SILVER DOLLAR, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pale coin, what various hands have you passed through Last Line: "seem those fair, graven words: ""in god we trust." Subject(s): Greed; Numismatics; Wealth; Avarice; Cupidity; Coins, Commemorative; Medals, Historical; Riches; Fortunes TO A WEALTHY MAN, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You gave, but will not give again Last Line: But the right twigs for an eagle's nest! Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Museums; Wealth; Art Gallerys; Riches; Fortunes TO CROESUS, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Though men with noisy purses come Last Line: Is thirty silver pieces. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes TO GERON, by HILDEBRAND JACOB Poem Text First Line: So prudent and so young a wife! / old geron, thou art blest for life Last Line: That you may leave to her—or me. Subject(s): Jewelry & Jewelers; London; Money; Wealth; Rings; Bracelets; Necklaces; Riches; Fortunes TO THE FURZE BUSH, by HORACE SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let burns and old chaucer unite Last Line: And beneficence learn from the furze! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Nature; Poetry & Poets; Praise; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes TO THE MONEY-GETTER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O man of morbid soul and small Last Line: Think'st thou this narrow world is all? Subject(s): Money;wealth; Riches;fortunes TO THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES LORD HALIFAX: SALUTE TO PROPERTY, by AMBROSE PHILIPS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: But who advances next, with cheerful grace Last Line: Her fleets were freighted, and her fields were till'd. Alternate Author Name(s): Phillips, Ambrose; Nam-by-pam-by Subject(s): Fields; Property; Wealth; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Possessions; Riches; Fortunes TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Weary with the restless burden of this world last night I fell Last Line: "quickly—into space!" Subject(s): Conventions; Labor & Laborers; Politics & Government; Wealth; Assemblies; Meetings; Work; Workers; Riches; Fortunes TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A MIGHTIER THAN MAMMON, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At last, after centuries, when the tension and strain Last Line: And they achieved a real distinction, and the finest kind of aristocracy. Subject(s): Humanity; Modern Life; Nations; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. THE ONE FOUNDATION, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Only that people can thrive that loves its land Last Line: Suspended. Subject(s): Nations; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes TREASURE SONG, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The miser loves to count his store Last Line: So dear, and only seeming! Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Dreams; Wealth; Nightmares; Riches; Fortunes TRUE WORTH, by SUE M. COLE Poem Text First Line: If nobody smiled, and nobody praised Last Line: Who's wealth is a host of friends. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes VALUATION, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The old squire said, as he stood by his gate Last Line: "and the thing can be easily done!" Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes VANITY FAIR, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In vanity fair, as we bow and smile Last Line: In vanity fair. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Vanity; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes VERSIFICATION OF THE SPEECH OF GEOORGIN TO BEYUN, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Seest thou yon shelter'd vale of various dye Last Line: To great khi-kusroo's court a turkish fair! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Wealth; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Riches; Fortunes VIRGIDEMIAE: BOOK 5: SATIRE: 4, by JOSEPH HALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Villius the wealthy farmer left his heir Last Line: That fourtie pounds serue not the farmers heyre. Subject(s): Farm Life; Inheritance & Succession; Money; Wealth; Agriculture; Farmers; Heirs; Riches; Fortunes WAITING, by JOHN DAVIDSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Within unfriendly walls / we starve - or starve by stealth Last Line: And the word we must obey. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Poverty; Waiting; Wealth; Work; Workers; Riches; Fortunes WEALTH, by NETTIE ARVILLA DOWNEY Poem Text First Line: Flowers by my door Last Line: Carillon bell. Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes WHAT GOLD CANNOT BUY, by KATHERYN SWEET EASTERDAY Poem Text First Line: A miser old Last Line: To heaven's port beyond the sky. Subject(s): Gold; Greed; Wealth; Avarice; Cupidity; Riches; Fortunes WHEN BELLS WERE NAMED, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: And wake up to %the hour of the bells each one and then rang Last Line: Music at it most refined) the raised hand waved, it %rang Subject(s): Berry (france); Book Of Hours; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Church Year; Fifteenth Century - Poetry; Manuscripts, Latin (medieval And Modern); Months; Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You shall have satin and silk to wear Last Line: When my ship comes in. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Faith; Patience; Wealth; Belief; Creed; Riches; Fortunes WHY TOMAS CAM WAS GRUMPY, by JAMES STEPHENS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If I were rich what would I do? Last Line: ...Where's my spade! I've work to do! Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Wealth; Wisdom; Work; Workers; Riches; Fortunes YOUTH AND AGE, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I will gain a fortune, the young man cried Last Line: "to bind the reef that breasts the storm!" Subject(s): Aging; Life; Wealth; Youth; Riches; Fortunes |
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