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Though still thou get’st, yet is thy want not spent, But, as thy wealth, so grows thy wealthy itch; But with my little I have much content— Content hath all; and who hath all, is rich: Then this in reason thou must needs confess— If I have little, yet that thou hast less. Whatever man possesses, God hath lent, And to his audit liable is, ever, To reckon how, and when, and where he spent; Then this thou bragg’st—thou art a great receiver: Little my debt, when little is my store— The more thou hast, the debt still grows the more.
Though still thou get’st, yet is thy want not spent, But, as thy wealth, so grows thy wealthy itch; But with my little I have much content— Content hath all; and who hath all, is rich: Then this in reason thou must needs confess— If I have little, yet that thou hast less. Whatever man possesses, God hath lent, And to his audit liable is, ever, To reckon how, and when, and where he spent; Then this thou bragg’st—thou art a great receiver: Little my debt, when little is my store— The more thou hast, the debt still grows the more.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Phineas Fletcher (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 144 · printed citation: Phineas Fletcher · subject: CONTENT
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