They're richer who diminish their desires,
Though their possessions be not amplified,
Than monarchs, who in owning large empires,
Have minds that never will be satisfied.
For he is poor who wants what he would have,
And rich who, having naught, doth nothing crave.
—T. Urchard.
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THY ALLOTMENT
Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident,