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Poem by Thomas Urquhart


Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 26. Consolation to a poore man


THat you are poore, it should not much disheart you;
For povertie securely keepes your house
From theeves, & Robbers: and makes roome to vertue,
By banishing of pride, and the abuse
Of riches: the losse thereof, and feare of losse,
Surfets, and vices, that prejudge the health:
Which being shut out of doores, strive to compose
Your mind to quietnesse, more worth, then wealth;
For without wealth you may have happinesse:
But not without tranquillitie, and ease.



Thomas Urquhart


Thomas Urquhart's other poems:
  1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 25. That vertue is of greater worth, then knowledge. to a speculative Philosopher
  2. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 17. The expression of a contented mind in povertie
  3. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 1. How to behave ones selfe in all occasions
  4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 3. The couragious resolution of a valiant man
  5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth


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