How sweet is harmless solitude!
What can its joys control?
Tumults and noise may not intrude,
To interrupt the soul.


'Solitude' (1670)


How sweet is harmless solitude! What can its joys control? Tumults and noise may not intrude, To interrupt the soul.

How sweet is harmless solitude! What can its joys control? Tumults and noise may not intrude, To interrupt the soul.

How sweet is harmless solitude! What can its joys control? Tumults and noise may not intrude, To interrupt the soul.

How sweet is harmless solitude! What can its joys control? Tumults and noise may not intrude, To interrupt the soul.