Sweet Content
Thomas Dekker 1572 – 1632
ART thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers?
O sweet content!
Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplex'd?
O punishment!
Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vex'd
To add to golden numbers golden numbers?
O sweet content! O sweet, O sweet content!
Work apace, apace, apace, apace;
Honest labour bears a lovely face;
Then hey nonny nonny--hey nonny nonny!
Canst drink the waters of the crisped spring?
O sweet content!
Swim'st thou in wealth, yet sink'st in thine own tears?
O punishment!
Then he that patiently want's burden bears,
No burden bears, but is a king, a king!
O sweet content! O sweet, O sweet content!
Work apace, apace, apace, apace;
Honest labour bears a lovely face;
Then hey nonny nonny--hey nonny nonny!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aBcDcaBAAE fBaDafBAAE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 745 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
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