• Martial, the things that do attain
      The happy life be these, I find,—
    The riches 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;...

  • How much the present moment means

    To those who've nothing more —

    The Fop — the Carp — the Atheist —

    Stake an entire store

    Upon a Moment's shallow Rim

    While their commuted Feet

    The Torrents of Eternity

    Do all but inundate —