Look merrily then, and take thy repose;

For 'tis to no purpose to look so forlorn,

Since the World was as bad before thou wert born,

And when it will mend who knows?

And a thousand year hence 'tis all one,

10If thou lay'st on a dunghill, or sat'st on a throne.

II.

To be troubled, to be sad,

Carking mortal, 'tis a folly,

For a pound of Pleasure's not so bad