Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Fragment. (I would not be a king ...)

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

I would not be a king -- enough
Of woe it is to love;
The path to power is steep and rough,
And tempests reign above.
I would not climb the imperial throne;
'Tis built on ice which fortune's sun
Thaws in the height of noon.
Then farewell, king, yet were I one,
Care would not come so soon.
Would he and I were far away
Keeping flocks on Himalay!

Published 1839, 2nd Edition.

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