What If I Say

What if I say I shall not wait?

What if I burst the fleshly gate

And pass, escaped, to thee?

What if I file this mortal off,

See where it hurt me, – that’s enough, -

And wade in liberty?

They cannot take me any more, -

Dungeons may call, and guns implore;

Unmeaning, now, to me

As laughter was an hour ago,

Or laces, or a traveling show,

Or who died yesterday!

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