Renascence: A Book of Verse — Rondeau -- A Seat for Three

WRITTEN ON THE PANELS OF A SETTLE

A SEAT for three, where host and guest May side by side pass toast or jest;

And be their number two or three With elbow-room and liberty, What need to wander east or west?

A book for thought, a nook for rest, And meet for fasting or for fest, In fair and equal parts to be A seat for three.

Then give you pleasant company, For youth or eld a shady tree;

A roof for council or sequest, A corner in a homely nest, Free, equal, and fraternally, A seat for three.

RONDEL—WHEN TIME UPON THE WING