'ONLY a housemaid!' She looked from the kitchen,-- <br />Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she; <br />There at her window a sempstress sat stitching; <br />'Were I a sempstress, how happy I'd be!' <br /> <br />'Only a Queen!' She looked over the waters,-- <br />Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she; <br />There sat an Empress, with Queens for her daughters; <br />'Were I an Empress, how happy I'd be!' <br /> <br />Still the old frailty they all of them trip in! <br />Eve in her daughters is ever the same; <br />Give her all Eden, she sighs for a pippin; <br />Give her an Empire, she pines for a name!<br /><br />Oliver Wendell Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/unsatisfied-5/
