Homework, thou art a most wearisome ghost Who doth chivy and harry my frail bones To their shatterment, to amuse the host But I shall not delight them with great tones Of fear and agony, nay; with homework, I shall blast the fearsome foundation flat And though my heart bids me to papers shirk, Quiet strength am I, and never fearing What mere letter or stroke may do to me For I have but one desire: to learn And to become the best that I can be While for homework no sense I yet discern. What shall tear me down from where I now stand? Only homework, which I cannot remand.