IF I were fire, I'd burn the world away; If I were wind, I'd turn my storms thereon; If I were water, I'd soon let it drown; If I were God, I'd sink it from the day; If I were Pope, I'd never feel quite gay Until there was no peace beneath the sun; If I were Emperor, what would I have done? I'd lop men's heads all around in my own way. If I were Death, I'd look my father up; If I were life, I'd run away from him; And treat my mother to like calls and runs. If I were Cecco (and that's all my hope), I'd pick the nicest girls to suit my whim, And other folk should get the ugly ones. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAVEN; A CHRISTMAS TALE, TOLD BY A SCHOOL-BOY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AFTER A VISIT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON LINES ON THE DEATH OF PHILIP MEADOWS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ADOLESCENCE by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT EPIGRAM ON AN HOUR-GLASS by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) ON A DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLAGE AND SCHOOL OF HARROW by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |