The Human Barnacle
Thou cling’st, as barnacles to hulls abide,
Yet mak’st no voyage, nor chartest any tide.
My labor’d craft thou claim’st as thine own breath,
But parasite’s praise is a slower death.
Thou cling’st, as barnacles to hulls abide,
Yet mak’st no voyage, nor chartest any tide.
My labor’d craft thou claim’st as thine own breath,
But parasite’s praise is a slower death.