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About Edward Dyer

Sir Edward Dyer (died May 1607) was an English courtier and poet.

Born: May 1st, 1607

Categories: English poets, 17th century deaths

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My Minde to Me a Kindome Is; Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind: Though much I want which most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
Edward Dyer
MS. Rawl 85 (1588), p. 17. A very similar but anonymous copy is in the British Museum. Additional MS. 15225, p. 85. And there is an imitation in J. Sylvester’s Works, p. 651, Hannah, Courtly Poets. Compare:
 • My mind to me a kingdom is;
Such perfect joy therein I find,
As far exceeds all earthly bliss
That God and Nature hath assigned.
Though much I want that most
would have,
Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
  • Byrd: Psalmes, Sonnets, etc. 1588.
 • My mind to me an empire is,
While grace affordeth health.
  • Robert Southwell (1560–1595), Loo Home.
 • "Mens regnum bona possidet" (translated as "A good mind possesses a kingdom"), Seneca, Thyestes, ii. 380.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Edward Dyer" (Sourced)
Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more: They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I have; they pine, I live.

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