Too bad that, cut out as you are
\nfor grand and noble acts,
\nthis unfair fate of yours
\nnever offers encouragement, always denies you success;
\nthat cheap habits get in your way,
\npettiness, or indifference.
\nAnd how terrible the day you give in
\n(the day you let go and give in)
\nand take the road for Susa
\nand go to King Artaxerxes,
\nwho, well-disposed, gives you a place at his court
\nand offers you satrapies and things like that\u2014
\nthings you don\u2019t want at all,
\nthough, in despair, you accept them just the same.
\nYou long for something else, ache for other things:
\npraise for the Demos and the Sophists,
\nthat hard-won, that priceless acclaim\u2014
\nthe Agora, the Theatre, the Crowns of Laurel.
\nYou can\u00b4t get any of these from Artaxerxes,
\nyou\u2019ll never find any of these in the satrapy,
\nand without them, what kind of life will you live?<\/p>\n
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\nFrom: Collected poems<\/em>
\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1992<\/em><\/p>\n