VAGRANT VERSE
SWEET CONTENT. Art thou poor, yet hast thou goklrt slumbers ? O sweet content! Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed?, O punishment! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed To add to golden numbers, golden numbers'i O sweet content! O sweet O sweet content J Work apace, apace, apace, apace; Honest labour bears a lovely face; Then hey nonny nonny, hey nonny nonnyl Canst drink the waters of the crimed spring? O sweet content! Swimm’st thou in wealth, yet smk’st in thine own tears? O punishment! Then he that patiently want’s burden beara No burden bears, but is a king, a kingl O sweet content! 0 sweet 0 sweet content 1 Work apace, apace apace, apace; Honest labour bears a lovely face; Then bey nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny| —Thomas Dekkac*
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Southland Times, Issue 19170, 14 February 1924, Page 4
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136VAGRANT VERSE Southland Times, Issue 19170, 14 February 1924, Page 4
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