THESE are things that being possest Will make a life that's truly blest. Estate bequeath'd, not got with toil; A good hot fire, a grateful soil; No strife, warm clothes, a quiet soul; A strength entire, a body whole; Prudent simplicity, equal friends; A diet that no art commends; A night not drunk, and yet secure; A bed not sad, yet chaste and pure; Long sleeps to make the nights but short, A will to be but what thou art; Nought rather choose; contented lie, And neither fear nor wish to die. |