No Prisoner Be
poem 720
freedom
lyric poem
austere
No Prisoner be Where Liberty Himself abide with Thee
No Prisoner Be - meaning Summary
Freedom Rejects Captivity
A brief imperative urging freedom over captivity. The speaker commands the reader to admit no prisoner into places where Liberty is present, treating Liberty as a personal companion or guardian. It insists on uncompromised freedom in one’s household or inner life, suggesting that where liberty dwells, confinement has no place. The poem compresses a moral injunction into a compact, almost aphoristic statement about autonomy and welcome.
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