i think i could be happy

were i on a desert isle with just this book 

and a length or two of rope

i would begin on page 330

then turn to 17

and then, perhaps, to 474, why not

every page holds joy—there

for the taking

irresistible, urging—one more, one more

you can do this   and   who knows

you may need this one

and i have, time and again, needed this one

oh, this is a fine book, and one lifetime

is not enough to master it