CONTENTMENT. Elizabeth Hands (née Herbert) 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. T141063 Hands, Elizabeth, 1746-1815. The death of Amnon. A poem. With an appendix: containing pastorals, and other poetical pieces. By Elizabeth Hands. [Coventry] Printed for the author, by N. Rollason, Coventry, M,DCCLXXXIX. 1789 p. 103. [40],127,[1]p.; 8⁰.

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CONTENTMENT . Whilst I beneath this silent shade , Contented sit and sing , I envy not the great their joys , That from their riches spring . Let those who have in courts been bred , There still in splendor shine ; Their lot of bliss may not surpass , Perhaps not equal mine , While no unwelcome visitants , My solitude invade ; The monarch is not more secure , Than I beneath this shade . These friendly trees on either side , From heat a shelter stand ; The white rose on the brier hangs , And seems t' invite my hand . Ah ! rose , no longer to my eyes Thy pow'rful charms display , For I've a sweeter flow'r than you , And one that looks more gay .