MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS (poem) - SIR EDWARD DYER
MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS - SIR EDWARD DYER My mind to me a kingdom is Such present 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 still my mind forbids to crave. No princely pomp, no wealthy store, No force to win the victory, No wily wit to salve 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. 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. Content I live, this is my stay, ...