Thrice happie she that is so well assured Unto her selfe, and setled so in hart, That nether will for better be allured, Ne feard with worse to any chaunce to start: But, like a steddy ship, doth strongly part The raging waves, and keepes her course aright, Ne ought for tempest doth from it depart, Ne ought for fayrer weathers false delight. Such selfe assurance need not feare the spight Of grudging foes, ne favour seek of friends: But in the stay of her owne stedfast might, Nether to one her selfe nor other bends. Most happy she that most assured doth rest; But he most happy who such one loves best. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BRAID CLAITH by ROBERT FERGUSSON ON SEEING THE ELGIN MARBLES by JOHN KEATS WITH AN ALBUM by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR I SAW THREE SHIPS by MOTHER GOOSE ON RECEIPT OF A RARE PIPE by W. H. B. TO MISS --, THEN TWO YEARS OLD by JANE BOWDLER THE WALK TO EMMAUS by OLIVA WARD BUSH |