APoem by me ta very glad
My mind to me a kingdom is
such perfect joy therein I find
that it excels all other bliss
that world affords or grows by kind
though much I want which most would have
yet still my mind forbids to crave
some have too much yet still do crave
I little have and seek no more
they are but poor I rich, they beg, I give
they lack, I leave, they pine, I live
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 loathe not life, nor dread the end.
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