{"id":38082,"date":"2020-10-30T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T22:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=38082"},"modified":"2020-10-30T00:34:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T22:34:18","slug":"my-mind-to-me-a-kingdom-is-2355","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/my-mind-to-me-a-kingdom-is-2355\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"My mind to me a kingdom is  (EDWARD DYER)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>My mind to me a kingdom is;<\/div>\n<div>Such perfect joy therein I find<\/div>\n<div>That it excels all other bliss<\/div>\n<div>Which God or nature hath assign\u2019d.<\/div>\n<div>Though much I want that most would have,<\/div>\n<div>Yet still my mind forbids to crave.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>No princely port, nor wealthy store,<\/div>\n<div>No force to win a victory,<\/div>\n<div>No wily wit to salve a sore,<\/div>\n<div>No shape to win a loving eye;<\/div>\n<div>To none of these I yield as thrall,-<\/div>\n<div>For why? my mind despise them all.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I see that plenty surfeit oft,<\/div>\n<div>And hasty climbers soonest fall;<\/div>\n<div>I see that such as are aloft<\/div>\n<div>Mishap doth threaten most of all.<\/div>\n<div>These get with toil and keep with fear;<\/div>\n<div>Such cares my mind can never bear.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I press to bear no haughty sway,<\/div>\n<div>I wish no more than may suffice,<\/div>\n<div>I do no more than well I may,<\/div>\n<div>Look, what I want my mind supplies.<\/div>\n<div>Lo! thus I triumph like a king,<\/div>\n<div>My mind content with anything.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I laugh not at another\u2019s loss,<\/div>\n<div>Nor grudge not at another\u2019s gain;<\/div>\n<div>No worldly waves my mind can toss;<\/div>\n<div>I brook that is another\u2019s bane.<\/div>\n<div>I fear no foe, nor fawn on friend,<\/div>\n<div>I loathe not life, nor dread mine end.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My wealth is health and perfect ease,<\/div>\n<div>And conscience clear my chief defence;<\/div>\n<div>I never seek by bribes to please,<\/div>\n<div>Nor by desert to give offence.<\/div>\n<div>Thus do I live, thus will I die,-<\/div>\n<div>Would all did so as well as I!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\u2013 <em><strong>Sir Edward Dyer<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>Image: https:\/\/gr.pinterest.com\/pin\/85146249190207226\/<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mind to me a kingdom is; Such perfect joy therein I find That it excels all other bliss Which God or nature hath assign\u2019d. Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. 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