Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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They lack, I have; they pine, I live.

MS. Rawl. 85, p. 17.

Footnotes

[22:1] There is a very similar but anonymous copy in the British Museum. Additional MS. 15225, p. 85. And there is an imitation in J. Sylvester's Works, p. 651.—Hannah: Courtly Poets.

My mind to me a kingdom is;

Such perfect joy therein I find,

As far exceeds all earthly bliss

That God and Nature hath assigned.

Though much I want that most would have,

Yet still my mind forbids to crave.