Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 16. Who is truly rich, and who poore

By the contempt, not value of the matter 
	Of worldly goods, true riches are possess’d; 
For our desire by seeking groweth greater: 
	And by desiring, povertie’s increass’d: 
So that on earth there can be none so poore 
As he, whose mind in plentie longs for more.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 25. That vertue is of greater worth, then knowledge. to a speculative Philosopher
2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
3. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 24. That they may be alike rich, who are not alike abun∣dantly stored with worldly commodities
4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 21. Death maketh us all alike in so farre, as her power can reach
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 36. The different fruits of idlenesse, and vertue in young men

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