I would have rather been a slave
In fettered bondage by thy side,
Than shared in all the world could give,
Had it not given thee beside.


(1st October 1825) Stanzas - The London Literary Gazette


I would have rather been a slave In fettered bondage by thy side, Than shared in all the world could give, Had it not given thee beside.

I would have rather been a slave In fettered bondage by thy side, Than shared in all the world could give, Had it not given thee beside.

I would have rather been a slave In fettered bondage by thy side, Than shared in all the world could give, Had it not given thee beside.

I would have rather been a slave In fettered bondage by thy side, Than shared in all the world could give, Had it not given thee beside.