| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–47). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | The Means to attain happy Life |
| | | MARTIAL, the things that do attain | |
| The happy life, be these, I find: | |
| The riches left, not got with pain; | |
| The fruitful ground, the quiet mind: | |
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| The equal friend, no grudge, no strife; | 5 |
| No charge of rule, nor governance; | |
| Without disease, the healthful life; | |
| The household of continuance: | |
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| The mean diet, no delicate fare; | |
| True wisdom join’d with simpleness; | 10 |
| The night discharged of all care, | |
| Where wine the wit may not oppress: | |
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| The faithful wife, without debate; | |
| Such sleeps as may beguile the night. | |
| Contented with thine own estate; | 15 |
| Ne wish for Death, ne fear his might. | | | | |
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