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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WISH, SELECTION, by ROBERT DODSLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Might I a small estate possess
Last Line: "as that its noise and hurry mayn't offend."
Subject(s): Country Life
First Line: Might I a small estate possess
Last Line: "as that its noise and hurry mayn't offend."
Subject(s): Country Life
"Might I a small estate possess,
Sufficient to supply
My wants, and keep me from distress,
From scorn and infamy;
Content with this, ye Gods, I'd ask no more:
But oh, 'tis wretched to be very poor.
My house convenient, warm and neat,
But very small should be;
Room just to study, sleep and eat,
Is full enough for me:
And but so far from London let it stand,
As that its noise and hurry mayn't offend."
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