All the Poems by Stevie Smith

Author:Stevie Smith [Stevie Smith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: e9780811223812
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2015-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Exeat

I remember the Roman Emperor, one of the cruellest of them,

Who used to visit for pleasure his poor prisoners cramped in dungeons,

So then they would beg him for death, and then he would say:

Oh no, oh no, we are not yet friends enough.

He meant they were not yet friends enough for him to give them death.

So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die:

Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough,

And Virtue also says:

We are not yet friends enough.

How can poet commit suicide

When he is still not listening properly to his Muse,

Or a lover of Virtue when

He is always putting her off until tomorrow?

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