MARTIAL, the things that do attain
The happy life be these, I find:--
The richesse left, not got with pain;
The fruitful ground, the quiet mind;
The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
No charge of rule, nor governance;
Without disease, the healthful life;
The household of continuance;
The mean diet, no delicate fare;
True wisdom join'd with simpleness;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress.
The faithful wife, without debate;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night:
Contented with thine own estate
Ne wish for death, ne fear his might.
The Means To Attain Happy Life
Anonymous
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Poem topics: death, fear, friend, happy, pain, wife, wisdom, governance, mind, true, quiet, equal, delicate, thine, strife, life, night, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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