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...THE OPAL DREAM CAVE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD YOUNG BLOOD by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE BOOK OF STONES AND LILIES by AMY LOWELL CHARLOTTE CORDAY (REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL, JULY 17, 1793) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DEEP IN THE NIGHT by SARA TEASDALE |