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Sir Edward Dyer - My Mind to me a Kingdom is

2014-11-07 162 Dailymotion

My mind to me a kingdom is; <br /> Such perfect joy therein I find <br /> That it excels all other bliss <br /> Which God or nature hath assign'd. <br /> Though much I want that most would have, <br /> Yet still my mind forbids to crave. <br /> <br /> No princely port, nor wealthy store, <br /> No force to win a victory, <br /> No wily wit to salve a sore, <br /> No shape to win a loving eye; <br /> To none of these I yield as thrall,-- <br /> For why? my mind despise them all. <br /> <br /> I see that plenty surfeit oft, <br /> And hasty climbers soonest fall; <br /> I see that such as are aloft <br /> Mishap doth threaten most of all. <br /> These get with toil and keep with fear; <br /> Such cares my mind can never bear. <br /> <br /> I press to bear no haughty sway, <br /> I wish no more than may suffice, <br /> I do no more than well I may, <br /> Look, what I want my mind supplies. <br /> Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, <br /> My mind content with anything. <br /> <br /> I laugh not at another's loss, <br /> Nor grudge not at another's gain; <br /> No worldly waves my mind can toss; <br /> I brook that is another's bane. <br /> I fear no foe, nor fawn on friend, <br /> I loathe not life, nor dread mine end. <br /> <br /> My wealth is health and perfect ease, <br /> And conscience clear my chief defence; <br /> I never seek by bribes to please, <br /> Nor by desert to give offence. <br /> Thus do I live, thus will I die,-- <br /> Would all did so as well as I!<br /><br />Sir Edward Dyer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-mind-to-me-a-kingdom-is/

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