WE deem them moderate, but Enough implore, What barely will suffice, and ask no more: Who say, (O Jove) a competency give, Neither in Luxury, or Want we'd live. But what is that, which these Enough do call? If both the Indies unto some should fall, Such Wealth would yet Enough but onely be, And what they'd term not Want, or Luxury. Among the Suits, O Jove, my humbler take; A little give, I that Enough will make. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICA: SONNET 2 by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL LAUGHING CORN by CARL SANDBURG BALLADE OF A TRAVELLER'S JINX by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS AUREOLA by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER LAST AND WORST by FRANCES EKIN ALLISON CORSICA by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |