1. My mind to me a kingdom is,
Such pleasant joys therein I find,
That it excels all other bliss
That earth affords or grows by kind
Though much I want, which most would have,
Yet my mind forbids to crave.
2. No princely pomp, no wealthy store,
No force to win the victory,
No wily wit to solve a sore,
No shape to feed a loving eye,
To none of these I yield as thrall,
For why? My mind doth serve for all.
3. I see how plenty suffers oft
And hasty climbers soon do fall;
I see that those which are aloft
Mishap doth threaten most of all;
They get with toil, they keep with fear,
Such cares my mind could never bear.
4. Content to live , this is my stay;
I seek no more than may suffice;
I press to bear no haughty sway,
Look, what I lack, my mind supplies.
Lo, thus I triumph like a king
Content with that my mind doth bring.
5. Some have too much, yet still do crave;
I little have, and seek no more.
They are but poor, though much they have,
And I am rich with little store;
They poor, I rich, they beg, I give.
They lack, I leave, they pine, I live.
6. I laugh not at another's loss,
I grudge not at another's gain,
No worldly waves, my mind can toss
My state at one doth still remain
I fear no foe, I fawn no friend
I loath not life, nor dread my end.
7. Some weigh their pleasure by their lust
Their wisdom by their rage of will;
Their treasure is their only trust,
A cloaked craft their store of skill;
But all the pleasure that I find
Is to maintain a quiet mind.
8. My wealth is health and perfect ease'
My conscience clear, my chief defence
I neither seek by bribes to please
Nor by deceit to breed offence;
Thus do I live; thus will I die;
If all do so, the earth is heaven.
---- Sir Edward Dyer
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