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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY NET PRODUCT, by JACQUES DELILLE First Line: Great sage and famed economist Last Line: And the 'net product'--happiness. | |||
GREAT sage and famed economist, Who the 'net product' dost admire, Your words are: 'Show me now the list Of things which give all you desire.' Your joys? Old friends that never tire. Your health? By temperance kept straight. Your toils? I write and meditate. Your wants? All longings to repress. Your wealth? My independent state. And the 'net product'--Happiness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH JIM, WHO RAN AWAY FROM HIS NURSE, AND WAS EATEN BY A LION by HILAIRE BELLOC CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIRL TO SOLDIER ON LEAVE by ISAAC ROSENBERG ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 2: 25. THE VIRGIN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AN OLD CASTLE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE IMPROVISATORE: ALBERT AND EMILY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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