Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream,  
  Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd;  
  The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam  
  Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode.
Poems by James G. Percival... (ed. 1821)
Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream,  
  Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd;  
  The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam  
  Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode.
Poems by James G. Percival... (ed. 1821)