In terms of worldly achievement, no,

Not an impressive report to make:

Like, nothing published, whilst long ago

His acting hopes burnt at the stake

(Not even the ashes left.) He looks

Round at a bed behind him there

And sees a world of love – the books

He didn’t write cause him no care – 

For there his love sleeps gently curled

Cat at her feet cleaning its face

He knows at once he owns the world

His life is bigger than all space. 

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