Is the man who is penniless, homeless and bare;
Unbound by ties of relation or friend,
No position to hold, no rights to defend;
From all common anxieties thus being freed
Having nothing to lose, he is happy indeed.
He may wander at ease through the busiest streets,
With a smile at the care-worried crowd that he meets,
And in thoughts on his neighbors’ possessions regale,
With naught to perplex him, by no trouble assailed;
Of all doubt or depression his mind must be clear—