Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will …

John Dryden
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. ✨ John Dryden, John Mitford (1847). The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, p.189
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. ✨ John Dryden, John Mitford (1847). The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, p.189

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