To His Valet
I WANT three days to read the Iliad through!
So, Corydon, close fast my chamber door.
If anything should bother me before
I've done, I swear you'll have somewhat to rue!
No! not the servant, nor your mate, nor you
Shall come to make the bed or clean the floor.
I must have three good quiet days—or four.
Then I'll make merry for a week or two.
Ah! but—if any one should come from HER ,
Admit him quickly! Be no loiterer,
But come and make me brave for his receiving.
But no one else!—not friends or nearest kin!
Though an Olympian God should seek me, leaving
His Heaven, shut fast the door! Don't let him in!
So, Corydon, close fast my chamber door.
If anything should bother me before
I've done, I swear you'll have somewhat to rue!
No! not the servant, nor your mate, nor you
Shall come to make the bed or clean the floor.
I must have three good quiet days—or four.
Then I'll make merry for a week or two.
Ah! but—if any one should come from HER ,
Admit him quickly! Be no loiterer,
But come and make me brave for his receiving.
But no one else!—not friends or nearest kin!
Though an Olympian God should seek me, leaving
His Heaven, shut fast the door! Don't let him in!
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