Ode on Solitude

by Alexander Pope (1717) — a poem card from Justes Mots

The quiet wish of a contented soul: a few paternal acres, good health, and to slip through the world unmissed and unmourned.

Happy the man, whose wish and care,

A few paternal acres bound,

Content to breathe his native air

In his own ground.
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Themes: birthday · reflection