My minde to me a kingdome is
- DMI number:
- 37284
- First Line:
- My minde to me a kingdome is
- Last Line:
- No wealth is like a quiet minde
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sesta rima / ababcc and Advice
- Themes:
- Poverty, The happy man / contentment, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- William Byrd
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Composite poem. First six stanzas are a variant of 'My Minde to me &c'. Psalmes, Sonets, & Songs of Sadness and Pietie (1588, ESTC S124483): XIIII. Final four stanzas are a variant of 'I joy not in earthly bliss': XI. In later editions of this miscellany these two poems are separated.
- First Line:
- My mind to me a kingdom is
- Last Line:
- Would all did so well as I
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- I joy not in no earthly blisse
- Last Line:
- No wealth is like a quiet minde
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- My minde to me a kingdome is
- Last Line:
- Would all did so as well as I
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Dublin] [Vol 1] [T83734] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.229-231
- Poem Title:
- V. My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [London and Frankfurt] [Vol 1] [T84265] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.244-246
- Poem Title:
- V. My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Vol 1] [T84936] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.269-271
- Poem Title:
- V. My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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