Ode on Indolence Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Quotes

Here, the speaker decides to reject the figures that tempt him. He reveals what he thinks will happen if he pursues his dreams: he'll become someone filled with false praise, like a pet lamb. Perhaps he thinks his talent will lead to fame, but that the pleasures associated with fame won't feel as authentic as he hopes. That's why he doesn't want to bother with pursuing them.

Bye-bye, figures. The speaker doesn't want to be ambitious. He wants to sleep in the grass. If ambition is described in negative or harmful ways, idleness is described as the opposite. It's relaxing and pleasant. But this isn't the first time the speaker has banished the figures, so we can bet that it probably isn't the last attempt the figures will make. Will ambition eventually be able to turn the poet's head?