My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is; Such Present Joys Therein I Find, That It Excels All Other Bliss That Earth Affords Or Grows By Kind

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My mind to me a kingdom is;
Such present joys therein I find,
That it excels all other bliss
That earth affords or grows by kind:
Though much I want which most would have,
Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
-- Edward Dyer (c. 1540-1607)
-- MS. Rawl. 85. p. 17

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