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MG-A(G.749.008
1 Feb 1749:31 (197)
THE INGREDIENTS OF CONTENTMENT.
Seek you to know what keeps the mind
In ev'ry scene of Life resign'd?
These are the things:-----A little wealth,
A little business just for health;
A little house, and fire nose high,
One spare bed where a friend may lie,
A friend to whom one may impart
The inmost secrets of the heart.
[4 lines follow describing breakfast and lunch]
At leisure hours, a book, or song,
To chear the grave, or please the young;
. . . [8 lines follow describing evening]
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