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Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Gold! - Thomas Hood

Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold
Molten, graven, hammered and rolled,
Heavy to get and light to hold,
Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold,
Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled,
Spurned by young, but hung by old
To the verge of a church yard mold;
Price of many a crime untold.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Good or bad a thousand fold!
How widely it agencies vary,
To save - to ruin - to curse - to bless -
As even its minted coins express :
Now stamped with the image of Queen Bess,
And now of a bloody Mary.
Thomas Hood (1799 – 1845) England
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1 comment:

  1. Unknown24 March 2015 at 13:02

    "Spurned by young, but hung by old
    To the verge of a church yard mold"
    want ot know the meaning of this two line

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