About this heart thou hast <br />Thy chains made fast, <br />And think'st thou I would be <br />Therefrom set free, <br />And forth unbound be cast? <br /> <br />The ocean would as soon <br />Entreat the moon <br />Unsay the magic verse <br />That seals him hers <br />From silver noon to noon. <br /> <br />She stooped her pearly head <br />Seaward, and said: <br />'Would'st thou I gave to thee <br />Thy liberty, <br />In Time's youth forfeited?' <br /> <br />And from his inmost hold <br />The answer rolled: <br />'Thy bondman to remain <br />Is sweeter pain, <br />Dearer an hundredfold.'<br /><br />William Watson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/liberty-rejected/
