A little bread - a crust - a crumb - A little trust - a demijohn - Can keep the soul alive - Not portly, mind! but breathing - warm - Conscious - as old Napoleon, The night before the Crown! A modest lot - A fame petite - A brief Campaign of sting and sweet Is plenty! Is enough! A Sailor's business is the shore! A Soldier's - balls! Who asketh more, Must seek the neighboring life! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIC VIR, HIC EST' by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY AT THE WEDDING MARCH by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS LATE AUTUMN by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 58. AL-MUHSI by EDWIN ARNOLD ULYSSES BUILDS HIS BED by JEAN DE BOSSCHERE NAPOLEON'S TOMB by DANA BURNET |