Martin Farquhar Tupper

July 17, 1810 - November 1889 / London

The Happy Man

A man of no regrets
He goes his sunny way,
Owing the Past no load of debts
The Present cannot pay :
He wedded his first love,
Nor loved another since;
He sets his nobler hopes above;
He reigns in joy a Prince!

A man of no regrets,
He hath no cares to vex,
No secret griefs, nor mental nets,
Nor troubles to perplex:
Forgiveness to his sin,
And help in every need,
Blessings around, and peace within,
Crown him a King indeed!

A man of no regrets,
Upon his Empire free
The sun of gladness never sets,-
Then who so rich as he?
Yea, God upon thine heart
Hath pour'd all blessings down:
Then yield to Him, with all thou art,
The homage of thy crown!
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