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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMBITION AND ATTAINMENT, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Each man would wish to be his own good-master
Last Line: Since happiest he who all too late attains!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Ambition
First Line: Each man would wish to be his own good-master
Last Line: Since happiest he who all too late attains!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Ambition
EACH man would wish to be his own good-master
—Freedom the distant goal to which he strains.
Sad that such strenuous toil should court disaster,
Since happiest he who all too late attains!
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