"Here is the City; and what shall it be?" Wealthy, and righteous, and goodly to see. "How shall the City be shining and fair?" Wealth is to find its security there. "What is the safety and sunshine of wealth?" Spirit in righteousness, body in health. "Poverty, Ugliness, Evil accursed, All to be banished, but which of them first?" All of them first; they're a unit, those three: Wealthy, and righteous, and goodly to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING by HAYDEN CARRUTH SMALL COUNTRIES by JAMES GALVIN WESTERN CIVILIZATION by JAMES GALVIN ECSTASY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BLACK MONKEY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE GULF by KATHERINE MANSFIELD |