A Prisoner

My Ladylove says, "No", ah, me!
My Ladylove says, "No".
Her face she dooms me not to see
In all the world below;
In vain I make my longing plea;
My Love says firmly, "No".

The wide, wide world's a prison cell
Because my Love says, "No";
For though I'm free as ocean's swell
And winds that blithely blow,
A captive, caged, I daily dwell,
Because my Love says, "No".

Too narrow is the boundless earth
The while my Love says, "No";
For though I trace its long, long girth
In roaming to and fro,
What is my seeming freedom worth,
The while my Love says, "No".

I'll break all bounds! My Love I'll see!.
But then-my Love says, "No".
And so, free-born, I am not free
In all the world below;
And earth's a prison cell to me
Because my Love says, "No".