 | Studies in verse (1865) |  |
And so she faced the fog and oozy ways,
And found the man of money in his hold,
His Mammon citadel, and palace of dust—
For this god loves not gewgaw shows, prefers
Stained walls foursquare and cobwebs for his house
Of adoration.—Here the banker sate
Hedged in with mighty ledgers, and around
The iron boxes lettered with great names,
And parchment piles: and ever from beyond
The glass division came a clink and crash,
And battering down of bags and shovelled gold,
Or turn of crisping note-sides one by one.
And found the man of money in his hold,
His Mammon citadel, and palace of dust—
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Stained walls foursquare and cobwebs for his house
Of adoration.—Here the banker sate
Hedged in with mighty ledgers, and around
The iron boxes lettered with great names,
And parchment piles: and ever from beyond
The glass division came a clink and crash,
And battering down of bags and shovelled gold,
Or turn of crisping note-sides one by one.
| Studies in verse (1865) | |