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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...CLOSING TIME AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO by KAREN SWENSON THE DEAD PAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 5 by EZRA POUND UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 25. MOTHER AND SON by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON LOVE AND SLEEP by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A WINTRY LULLABY by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA |
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