Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878/On Content

On Content.

It is not youth can give content,Nor is it wealth's decree;It is a gift from heaven sent,Though not to thee or me.It is not in the monarch's crown,Though he'd give millions for't;It dwells not in his Lordship's frown,Or waits on him to Court.It is not in a coach and six,It is not in a garter;'Tis not in love, or politics,But 'tis in Hodge the carter.