 | The select poems of Dr. Thomas Dunn English (exclusive of the "Battle lyrics") |  |
XIII.
Doubt is a plant of hasty growth—Junius thought Confidence a slow one—
And some have learned, however loth,
To put implicit trust in no one.
These now began to fear and doubt,
And then to quietly sell out;
While whispers ran from man to man,
That all was but a swindler's plan;
Then, shares to fall at once began.
At length, one day, the stock-list bore
“Rhode Island Seam,” at sixty-four.
Next day, to fifty down it dropped;
Next day, sixteen from that was lopped;
The next, at twenty it was quoted,
As “offered,” but no sales were noted.
| The select poems of Dr. Thomas Dunn English (exclusive of the "Battle lyrics") | |