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11My minde to me a kingdome is;My mind to me a kingdom is:
22Such perfect joy therein i findeSuch perfect joy therein I find
33As farre exceeds all earthly blisse,That it excels all other bliss
44That God, or Nature, hath assignde:That God or nature hath assigned.
55Though much I want, that most would have,Though much I want, that most would have,
66Yet still my mind forbids to crave.Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
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88Content I live; this is my stay;No princely port, nor wealthy store,
99I seek no more than may suffice:No force to win a victory,
1010I presse to beare no haugthie sway;No wily wit to salve a sore,
1111Look what I lack my mind supplies.No shape to win a loving eye;
1212Loe! thus I triumph like a king,To none of these I yield as thrall!
1313Content with that my mind doth bring.For why? my mind despise them all.
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1515I see how plentie surfets oft,I see that plenty surfeits oft,
1616And hastie clymbers soonest fall:And hasty climbers soonest fall;
1717I see that such as sit aloftI see that such as are aloft,
1818Mishap doth threaten most of all:Mishap doth threaten most of all.
1919These get with toile, and keep with feare:These get with toil, and keep with fear:
2020Such cares my mind could never beare.Such cares my mind can never bear.
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2222No princely pompe, nor welthie store,I press to bear no haughty sway,
2323No force to winne the victorie,I wish no more than may suffice,
2424No wylie wit to salve a sore,I do no more, than well I may;
2525No shape to winne a lover's eye;Look, what I want, my mind supplies.
2626To none of these I yeeld as thrall,Lo, thus I triumph like a king,
2727For why my mind despiseth all.My mind content with any thing.
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2929Some have too much, yet still they crave;I laugh not at another’s loss,
3030I little have, yet seek no more:Nor grudge not at another’s gain.
3131They are but poore, tho' much they have;No worldly waves my mind can toss,
3232And I am rich with little store:I brook that is another’s bane;
3333They poor, I rich; they beg, I give;I fear no foe, nor fawn on friend,
3434They lacke, I lend; they pine, I live.I loathe not life nor dread mine end.
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3636I laugh not at another's losse,My wealth is health and perfect ease;
3737I grudge not at another's gaine;And conscience clear my chief defence;
3838No worldly wave my mind can tosse;I never seek by bribes to please,
3939I brooke that is another's bane:Nor by desert to give offence,
4040I feare no foe, nor fawne on friend;Thus do I live, thus will I die:
41I lothe not life, nor dread mine end.
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43I joy not in no earthly blisse;
44I weigh not Cresus' welth a straw;
45For care, I care not what it is;
46I feare not fortune's fatall law:
47My mind is such as may not move
48For beautie bright or force of love.
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50I wish but what I have at will;
51I wander not to seeke for more;
52I like the plaine, I clime no hill;
53In greatest storms I sitte on shore;
54And laugh at them that toile in vaine
55To get what must be lost againe.
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57I kisse not where I wish to kill;
58I feigne not love where most I hate;
59I breake no sleep to winne my will;
60I wayte not at the mightie's gate;
61I scorne no poore, I fear no rich;
62I feele no want, nor have too much.
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64The court, ne cart, I like, ne loath;
65Extreames are counted worst of all:
66The golden meane betwixt them both
67Doth surest sit, and fears no fall:
68This is my choyce, for why I finde,
69No wealth is like a quiet minde.
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71My welth is health, and perfect ease;
72My conscience clere my chiefe defence:
73I never seeke by brybes to please,
74Nor by desert to give offence:
75Thus do I live, thus will I die;
7641Would all did so as well as I!Would all did so as well as I!

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