At liberty I sit and see <br />Them, that have erst laugh'd me to scorn, <br />Whipp'd with the whip that scourged me: <br />And now they ban that they were born. <br /> <br />I see them sit full soberly <br />And think their earnest looks to hide; <br />Now, in themselves, they cannot spy <br />That they or this in me have spied. <br /> <br />I see them sitting all alone, <br />Marking the steps, each word and look; <br />And now they tread where I have gone, <br />The painful path that I forsook. <br /> <br />Now I see well I saw no whit <br />When they saw well, that now are blind; <br />But happy hap hath made me quit, <br />And just judgement hath them assign'd. <br /> <br />I see them wander all alone, <br />And tread full fast, in dreadful doubt, <br />The self-same path that I have gone: <br />Blessed be hap that brought me out! <br /> <br />At liberty all this I see, <br />And say no word but erst among, <br />Smiling at them that laugh'd at me: <br />Lo, such is hap! Mark well my song!<br /><br />Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/at-liberty-i-sit-and-see/
