Ad Olum

Read 'Ad Olum' by 'Robert Louis Stevenson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Ad Olum by Robert Louis Stevenson

 CALL me not rebel, though { here at every word
{in what I sing
If I no longer hail thee { King and Lord
{ Lord and King
I have redeemed myself with all I had,
And now possess my fortunes poor but glad.
With all I had I have redeemed myself,
And escaped at once from slavery and pelf.
The unruly wishes must a ruler take,
Our high desires do our low fortunes make:
Those only who desire palatial things
Do bear the fetters and the frowns of Kings;
Set free thy slave; thou settest free thyself.

Form: Sonnet

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