No glory I covet - Sale, John

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◈ Genre / Form → Glees ♬ Voicing → SAB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 68710

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-04-02

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¶Lyrics / Text

No glory I covet, no riches I want, Ambition is nothing to me; The one thing I beg of kind fortune to grant Is a mind independent and free. With passions unruffl'd, untainted with pride, By reason my life let me square; The wants of my nature are cheaply supplied, And the rest are but folly and care. How vainly, through infinite trouble and strife, The many their labours employ; Since all that is truly delightful in life Is what all, if they will, may enjoy.