Edward Dyer
Edward Dyer
Sir Edward Dyerwas an English courtier and poet...
children cheer home
The little smiling cottage! where at eve He meets his rosy children at the door, Prattling their welcomes, and his honest wife, With good brown cake and bacon slice, intent To cheer his hunger after labor hard.
men parent soul
O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou.
true-love eye heart
True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; They hear and see, and sigh, and then they break.
kings love-is and-love
And love is love, in beggars and in kings.
mind kingdoms
My Mind To Me a Kingdom Is.
nice guy lasts
If nice guys finish last, then great guys come in right after them.
grace mind empires
My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.
skills lust mind
Some weigh their pleasure by their lust, Their wisdom by their rage of will, Their treasure is their only trust; And cloake' d craft their store of skill. But all the pleasure that I find Is to maintain a quiet mind.
perfect deceit ease
My wealth is health and perfect ease; My conscience clear my chief defence; I neither seek by bribes to please, Nor by deceit to breed offence. Thus do I live; thus will I die. Would all did so well as I!
joy mind kingdoms
My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss.
littles too-much rich
Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store.