I WANT a deep mine where the gold knows no measure,
A house with the widest and rarest of rooms,
Replete with the objects of beauty and pleasure,
With tapestries done on the finest of looms.
I want a great fleet that will compass the ocean,
And bring me the choicest of all the world’s store.
I want a cortege, with the deepest devotion
Performing my bidding, my wishes--and more.
I want a position of pow’r and of splendor,
An empire to rule with the will of a king.
I want the rich tribute that vassals can render,
The praise that the lips of the loyal can bring.
I want earth’s delights without limit or curbing,
The richest that skill can conceive or design.
One question alone is a little disturbing--
Just what shall I do with them when they are mine?