WHAT time I write my roundelays, I am as proud as princes gone, Who built their empires in old days, As Tamburlaine or Solomon; And wisely though companions then Say well it is and well I sing, Assured above the praise of men I am a solitary king. But when I leave that straiter mood, That lonely hour, and put aside The continence of solitude, I fall in treason to my pride, And if a witling's word be spent Upon my song in jealousy, In anger and in argument I am as derelict as he. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ETERNITY by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. KESSLER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CAESAR'S LOST TRANSPORT SHIPS by ROBERT FROST LOCKED OUT; AS TOLD TO A CHILD by ROBERT FROST THE EXECUTIVE by DAVID IGNATOW |