Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 3 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

The Shepherd Boy Sings
in the Valley of Humiliation

He that is down needs fear no fall,

He that is low, no pride;

He that is humble ever shall

Have God to be his guide.


I am content with what I have,

Little be it or much:

And, Lord, contentment still I crave,

Because Thou savest such.


Fullness to such a burden is

That go on pilgrimage:

Here little, and hereafter bliss,

Is best from age to age.

— John Bunyan
1628–1688   


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