Ne'er chase the Phantom, Pleasure; for like a hungry Lion,

'Twill turn and rend in pieces the Hunter most renowned.

Throw not thyself in Fetters; else will Men sternly say:

Complain not of thy Fetters; for thou thyself hast bound.

Love's Freedom
XX.

O Bird, that freest to Freedom win;

Love caged thee in that Prison thin.

O Soul, if thou, too, wouldst be free,

Then love the Love that shuts thee in.