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O happy man, saith he, that lo I see Grazing his cattle in those pleasant fields, If he but knew his good. How blessed he That feels not what affliction greatness yields! Other than what he is who would not be, Nor change his state with him that sceptre wields. Thine, thine is that true life; that is to live, To rest secure, and not rise up to grieve.
O happy man, saith he, that lo I see Grazing his cattle in those pleasant fields, If he but knew his good. How blessed he That feels not what affliction greatness yields! Other than what he is who would not be, Nor change his state with him that sceptre wields. Thine, thine is that true life; that is to live, To rest secure, and not rise up to grieve.
Approximate author period: c. 1590 AD · renaissance
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- Samuel Daniel
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- Approximate author period: c. 1590 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 267 · printed citation: Samuel Daniel · subject: GREATNESS
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