Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VI. Fancy. 1904. | | | | Poems of Sentiment: VI. Labor and Rest | | Content | | Robert Greene (1558–1592) |
| | From “Farewell to Follie,” 1617
SWEET are the thoughts that savor of content; | |
| The quiet mind is richer than a crown; | |
| Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent,— | |
| The poor estate scorns Fortune’s angry frown: | |
| Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, | 5 |
| Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. | |
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| The homely house that harbors quiet rest, | |
| The cottage that affords no pride or care, | |
| The mean, that ’grees with country music best, | |
| The sweet consort of mirth’s and music’s fare. | 10 |
| Obscurèd life sets down a type of bliss; | |
| A mind content both crown and kingdom is. | | | | |
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