Who Hath a Book

[filkferengi]

Who hath a book
Has friends at hand,
And gold and gear
At his command;

And rich estates,
If he but look,
Are held by him
Who hath a book.

Who hath a book
Has but to read
And he may be
A king indeed;

His Kingdom is
His inglenook;
All this is his
Who hath a book.

Wilbur D. Nesbit

Comments

[ndrosen]

I have had many books. Thanks for sharing the poem.

[filkferengi]

You're very welcome. I memorized it 3/4 of a lifetime ago, and it surfaced yesterday. Brains and memories are strange, but some truths do not change.

[madfilkentist]

Inglenook: "a nook by a large open fireplace." (Merriam-Webster) My new word of the day.

[filkferengi]

I had to look it up too, back when I first learned the poem. While a very hobbitish sort of word, it's not exactly an everyday one.