 | My youthful companions - 1846 - 170 pages
...grasped poverty. Well had it been for him, if he would have adopted these sentiments of the poet : — " My mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein...exceeds all earthly bliss, That God or Nature hath assign'd. Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. " Content I... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1846 - 292 pages
...times, were most scrupulously observant of the laws of hospitality. LESSON EIGHTEENTH. Contentment. My mind to me a kingdom is; Such perfect joy therein...far exceeds all earthly bliss, That God or nature has assigned — Though much I want that most would have, Still my mind forbids to crave. Content I... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...love good-morrow. To give my love good-morrow, Sing birds in every furrow. MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS. MY mind to me a kingdom is, Such perfect joy therein I find, That it excels all other bliss That God or nature hath assigned t Though much I want that most would... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...old. Back and side, be. If у Mind tomt a Kingdom it. [From n.vrd'! ' Pialnu. Sonnet»,' ¿to. 1188.] , Which may be ours another day, And therefore let's be merr That it excels all other bliss That God or nature hath assign'd : Thoupli much I want that most would... | |
 | Elijah Waring - 1850 - 274 pages
...perfect application, these stanzas from a fine old philosophical song of the sixteenth century, — " My mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein...assigned. Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. No princely pomp, nor wealthy store, No force to win the victory,... | |
 | Joseph Guy - English language - 1850 - 158 pages
...'Twill surely rain, I see, with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. SONG. SIR EDWAK DYER. My mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein...exceeds all earthly bliss, That God or nature hath assign'd ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live,... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...— HE WILL RESTORE, — " He doeth all things well." CHAPTER XXXIX. MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS. 1 . MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein I find, ' That it excels all other bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1853 - 402 pages
...known; but it ia quoted by an author in 1559, as a well known production. My mind to me a kingdom ia; , Such perfect joy therein I find, As far exceeds all earthly bliss, The God of nature hath assigned' Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...name with one consent ! 0, how great ! how excellent ! PEACE OF MIND. — From Old English Poetry. MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein...assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this is my stay.; I seek no more than may suffice... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 pages
...Oxford. In that manuscript the poem is ascribed to SIB EDWARD DYER, a friend of Sir Philip Sydney. MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein...exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assign'd. Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live... | |
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My mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein I find As far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned : Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. 
