Yup User ID: 65093267 United States 06/05/2016 11:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My favorite poem.
The people is a beast of muddy brain That knows not its own force, and therefore stands Loaded with wood and stone; the powerless hands Of a mere child guide it with bit and rein.
One kick would be enough to break the chain; But the beast fears, and what the child demands, It does; nor its own terror understands, Confused and stupefied by bugbears vain.
Most wonderful! With its own hand it ties And gags itself – gives itself death and war For pence doled out by kings from its own store.
Its own are all things between earth and heaven; But this it knows not; and if one arise To tell this truth, it kills him, unforgiven.
By Tomasso Campanella |