Excerpt from Songs of London: A Medley Grave and Gay

Pegasus Unharnessed

Follow me!
I am free.
I wend my ways whither I list,
Down into the abysses of sorrow,
Up to the bright heavens of hope,
Through the fair sweet vales of love,
Over rippling brooks of happiness,
Along the two-paths of necessity,
By the cool shores of reason,
Whither I list I wend my way.
Like a whispering wind,
Like a bantering breeze,
Like a howling storm,
There is no one to deny me.
Let the fetter'd scoff and fools resent me,
Over their heads I unfold my wings.
I am free:
Follow me!

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