The Happy Man. Lady Mary Chudleigh Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T97275 Chudleigh, Mary Lee, 1656-1710. Poems on several occasions. Together with the Song of the three children paraphras'd. By the Lady Chudleigh. London Printed by W.B. for Bernard Lintott at the Middle Temple Gate in Fleetstreet 1703 pp. 35-36. [16],125,[17],73,[1]p.; 8⁰.

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The Happy Man. He is the happy Man whose constant Mind Is to th' Enjoyment of himself confin'd : Who has within laid up a plenteous Store , And is so rich that he desires no more : Whose Soul is always easie , firm , and brave , And much too great to be Ambition's Slave : Who Fortune's Frowns without Concern can bear , And thinks it less to suffer , than to fear : Who , still the same , keeps up his native State , Unmov'd at all the Menaces of Fate : Who all his Passions absolutely sways , And to his Reason cheerful Homage pays , Who's with a Halcyon Calmness ever blest , With inward Joy , untroubl'd Peace , and Rest : Who while the Most with Toil , with Guilt , and Heat , Lose their dear Quiet to be Rich and Great , Both Business , and disturbing Crouds does shun , Pleas'd that his Work is with less Trouble done : To whom a Grove , a Garden , or a Field , Much greater , much sublimer Pleasures yield , Than they can find in all the Charms of Pow'r , Those splendid Ills which so much Time devour : Who more than Life , his Friends and Books can prize , And for those Joys the noisie World despise : Who when Death calls , no Weakness does betray , Nor to an unbecoming Fear give way ; But to himself , and to his Maxims true , Lies smiling down , and bids Mankind adieu .