Edgar Allan Poe – Epigram for Wall Street

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“I’ll tell you a plan for gaining wealth,
Better than banking, trade or leases —
Take a bank note and fold it up,
And then you will find your money in creases!“
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“Epigram for Wall Street” is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published on January 23, 1845 by the New York Evening Mirror. For some unknown reason, the word ‘street’ was not capitalized in the original publication.

The poem was also printed with the comment ““This is decidedly one of the best jeux d’esprit we have met in a year. Who did it? — who?”

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Epigram for Wall Street
by
Edgar Allan Poe

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I’ll tell you a plan for gaining wealth,
Better than banking, trade or leases —
Take a bank note and fold it up,
And then you will find your money in creases!
This wonderful plan, without danger or loss,
Keeps your cash in your hands, where nothing can trouble it;
And every time that you fold it across,
’Tis as plain as the light of the day that you double it!

“This is decidedly one of the best jeux d’esprit we have met in a year. Who did it? — who?”