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 | Robert Louis Stevenson: Collected Poems |  |
IN MAXIMUM
II. 53
Wouldst thou be free? I think it not, indeedBut 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 my threadbare toga in the gate;
When thou hast learned to love a small abode,
And not to choose a mistress à la mode:
When thus contained and bridled thou shalt be,
Then, Maximus, then first shalt thou be free.
| Robert Louis Stevenson: Collected Poems | |