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Poem by Thomas Urquhart


Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 10. That a contented man is rich, how litle wealth soever he have


HE's rich who craving nothing else, doth find
Content in the possession of his owne;
For in so much as doth concerne the mind:
Not to desire, and have is all, but one;
For if the thoughts thereof be rich, we 're sure;
Fortune hath not the skill to make us poore.



Thomas Urquhart


Thomas Urquhart's other poems:
  1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 1. No crosse adventure should hinder vs from being good; though we be frustrate of the reward thereof
  2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome
  3. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 28. An encouragement to an impatient man in an Ague
  4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 34. The misery of such, as are doubtfull, and suspi∣cious of their VVives chastitie
  5. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 40. The duty of a husband to his wife


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