New poems and variant readings/Ad Olum

by Robert Louis Stevenson

AD OLUM

Call me not rebel, though	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	here at every word
		in what I sing

If I no longer hail thee	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	King and Lord
		Lord and King

I have redeemed myself with all I had,
And now possess my fortunes poor but glad.
With all I had I have redeemed myself,
And escaped at once from slavery and pelf.
The unruly wishes must a ruler take,
Our high desires do our low fortunes make:
Those only who desire palatial things
Do bear the fetters and the frowns of Kings;
Set free thy slave; thou settest free thyself.