WOULDST thou be free? I think it not, indeed; But if thou wouldst, attend this simple rede: When quite contented thou canst dine at home And drink a small wine of the march of Rome; When thou canst see unmoved thy neighbour's plate, And wear thy threadbare toga in the gate; When thou hast learned to love a small abode, And not to choose a mistress @3a la mode:@1 When thus contained and bridled thou shalt be, Then, Maximus, then first shalt thou be free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 24 by JAMES JOYCE SONATA IN PATHOS by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH STREET CRIES: 6. TO RICHARD WAGNER by SIDNEY LANIER BEFORE DAWN; SONNET by AMY LOWELL DEAR OLD DICK by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONG FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH by DOROTHY PARKER |