Sweet are the thoughts that savour 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,Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss.
The homely house that harbours quiet rest; The cottage that affords no pride nor care;The mean that 'grees with country music best; The sweet consort of mirth and music's fare;Obscured life sets down a type of bliss:A mind content both crown and kingdom is.
