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Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse
Contents:
41. The Means to Attain Happy Life
MARTIAL, the things that do attain
The happy life be these, I find:—
The richesse left, not got with pain;
The fruitful ground, the quiet mind;
The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
No charge of rule, nor governance;
Without disease, the healthful life;
The household of continuance;
The mean diet, no delicate fare;
True wisdom join’d with simpleness;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress.
The faithful wife, without debate;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night:
Contented with thine own estate
Ne wish for death, ne fear his might.
Nicholas Grimald. 1519-62
Contents:
Chicago: Unknown, "41. The Means to Attain Happy Life," Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed October 5, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LKL5JQPIYWDNTL5.
MLA: Unknown. "41. The Means to Attain Happy Life." Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 5 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LKL5JQPIYWDNTL5.
Harvard: Unknown, '41. The Means to Attain Happy Life' in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 5 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LKL5JQPIYWDNTL5.
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