There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all... feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand! Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back;... Thou hotly lusts to use her in that kind For which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the cozener. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none. I'll able 'em. Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal th' accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes, And like a scurvy politician seem To see the things thou dost not.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the labor interests, an...d the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my Arrows of desire:... Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green & pleasant Land.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Such was life in the Golden Gate: Gold dusted all we drank and ate,... And I was one of the children told, "We all must eat our peck of gold."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We mustn't touch them yet, but see and see! And what was green would by and by be gold.... Their name was called the Gold Hesperidee.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »