Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THERE IS A BONDAGE WORSE, FAR WORSE, TO BEAR, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH


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Last Line: Fade, and participate in man's decline
Subject(s): Decay; Nature


There is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear
Than his who breathes, by roof, and floor, and wall,
Pent in, a Tyrant's solitary Thrall:
'Tis his who walks about in the open air,
One of a Nation who, henceforth, must wear
Their fetters in their souls. For who could be,
Who, even the best, in such condition, free
From self-reproach, reproach that he must share
With Human-nature? Never be it ours
To see the sun how brightly it will shine,
And know that noble feelings, manly powers,
Instead of gathering strength, must droop and pine;
And earth with all her pleasant fruits and flowers
Fade, and participate in man's decline.





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