The golden lemon is not made
but grows
on a green tree:
A strong
man and his crystal eyes
is a man
born free.
The oxen
pass under the yoke
and the
blind are led at will:
But a man
born free has a path of his own
and a
house on the hill.
And men
are men who till the land
and women
are women who weave
Fifty men
own the lemon grove
and no
man is a slave.
Herbert Read
(Picture: Self Portrait with Eyes Closed - Odd Nerdrum)
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