Saturday, May 16, 2020

The Quiet Life (poem 4)

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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