The Quiet Life
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound
Content to breath his native air
In
his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In
winter, fire
Blest, who can unconcern’dly find
Hours, days and years, slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet
by day.
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mix’d; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please
With
meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell
where I lie.
[A.Pope]
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