A Contented Mind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFEGHHIFIFJJKL KLMM| I weigh not Fortune's frown or smile | A |
| I joy not much in earthly joys | B |
| I seek not state I reck not style | A |
| I am not fond of fancy's toys | B |
| I rest so pleased with what I have | C |
| I wish no more no more I crave | D |
| I quake not at the thunder's crack | E |
| I tremble not at noise of war | F |
| I swoon not at the news of wrack | E |
| I shrink not at a blazing star | G |
| I fear not loss I hope not gain | H |
| I envy none I none disdain | H |
| I see ambition never pleased | I |
| I see some Tantals starved in store | F |
| I see gold's dropsy seldom eased | I |
| I see e'en Midas gape for more | F |
| I neither want nor yet abound | J |
| Enough's a feast content is crown'd | J |
| I feign not friendship where I hate | K |
| I fawn not on the great in show | L |
| I prize I praise a mean estate | K |
| Neither too lofty nor too low | L |
| This this is all my choice my cheer | M |
| A mind content a conscience clear | M |
Joshua Sylvester
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