Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang Poetry

Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet and novelist who also made contributions to the field of anthropology. Despite his writing career, he is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. His first collection was The Ballads of Lyrics of Old France, an experimentation with metrical styles.

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Ballad of Worldly Wealth

‘Ballad of Worldly Wealth’ shows money’s limits—it buys influence, not youth, health, or paradise, critiquing the moral cost of wealth.

Money taketh town and wall,

Fort and ramp without a blow;

Money moves the merchants all,

While the tides shall ebb and flow;

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