Prisoner

 `Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?' 

`It was my master,' said the prisoner.
 
`I thought I could outdo everybody in the world in wealth and power, 
and I amassed in my own treasure-house the money due to my king.
 
When sleep overcame me I lay upon the bed that was for my lord, 
and on waking up I found I was a prisoner in my own treasure-house.
' 

`Prisoner, tell me, who was it that wrought this unbreakable chain?' 

`It was I,' said the prisoner, `who forged this chain very carefully.
 
I thought my invincible power would hold the world captive 
leaving me in a freedom undisturbed.
 
Thus night and day I worked at the chain 
with huge fires and cruel hard strokes.
 
When at last the work was done 
and the links were complete and unbreakable, 
I found that it held me in its grip.
'

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