{"id":8048,"date":"2022-03-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8048"},"modified":"2022-03-30T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T05:00:00","slug":"kingdom-of-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/kingdom-of-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom of the Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>Omaha Daily Bee, March 30, 1914<\/em><\/a>. By Sir Edward Dyer (1540-1607).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 that most would have,
Yet still my mind forbids to crave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No princely pomp, no wealthy store
    No force to win the victory,
No wily wit to salve a sore
    No shape to feed a loving eye;
To none of these I yield as thrall;
For why? My mind doth serve for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see how plenty surfeits oft,
    And hasty climbers soon do fall;
I see that those which are aloft
    Mishap doth threaten most of all;
They get with toil, they keep with fear;
Such cares my mind could never bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content I live, this is my stay;
    I seek no more than may suffice;
I press to bear no haughty sway;
    Look, what I lack my mind supplies.
Lo, thus I triumph like a king
Content with that my mind doth bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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;
They poor, I rich; they beg, I give;
They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I laugh not at another\u2019s loss,
    I grudge not at another\u2019s gain;
No worldly waves my mind can toss;
    My state at one doth still remain;
I fear no foe, I fawn no friend;
I loathe not life, nor dread my end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some weigh their pleasure by their lust,
    Their wisdom by the rage of will;
Their treasure is their only trust,
    A cloaked craft their store of skill;
But all the pleasure that I find
Is to maintain a quiet mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wealth is health and perfect ease,
    My conscience clear my chief defense;
I neither seek by bribes to please,
    Nor by deceit to breed offense;
Thus do I live; thus will I die;
Would all did so as well as I!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Omaha Daily Bee, March 30, 1914. By Sir Edward Dyer (1540-1607). 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 that most would have,Yet still my mind forbids to crave. No princely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[276],"class_list":["post-8048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-omaha-daily-bee","tag-sir-edward-dyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}