from Pleasant Comedy of Patient Grissill (1603) by Thomas Dekker Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers?           Oh, sweet content !     Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed ?           Oh, punishment !     Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed     To add to golden numbers golden numbers?           Oh, sweet content, oh, sweet, &c. Work apace, apace, apace, apace ; Honest labor bears a lovely face, Then hey noney, noney, hey noney, noney. Canst drink the waters of the crispëd spring ?           Oh, sweet content !     Swim'st thou in wealth, yet sink'st in thine own tears ?           Oh, punishment!     Then he that patiently want's burden bears,     No burden bears, but is a king, a king.           Oh, sweet content, &c. Work apace, apace, &c. Poetry of the English Renaissance 1509-1660. J. William Hebel and Hoyt H. Hudson, Eds. New York: F. S. Crofts & Co., 1941. 391. Site copyright © 1996-2001 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on June 21, 2001.