Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers. And sometimes for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account: and, in my fancy, Deface their ill-planned statues. Can I then Part with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities? No; be it your care To augment a heap of wealth; it shall be mine To incre se in knowledge. Lights there, for my study! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD YEAR by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE ALLIGATOR by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD FIRST SIGHT by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH TO EMMA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ODE SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN ON THE MARRIAGE OF A FRIEND by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 28. JESUS HASTENING TO SUFFER by WILLIAM COWPER |