He wants to be left alone, like it says in the third stanza, "Hiding in my room, Safe within my tomb." He wanted to be shielded from society. In the first line of the third stanza, he says "I have my books and my poetry to protect me, I am shielded in my armour" He used the books as a type of shield, to shield him from outside things that can hurt him...
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All he needs are his books to keep him occupied away from society, and isolated. Just like in the last stanza, "a rock feels no pain, an island never cries." He wants to be like a rock, and like an island. Rocks don't feel any pain, therefore, if he was a rock, he wouldn't feel any pain. In the first line of the fourth stanza, it says "And a rock feels no pain, " He wants to be like a non-feeling rock, that nothing except god himself can destroy, then he would be tough and free of his troubles...
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