The Lay of The Discontented Christian

 This poem, a parody of a poem by Benjamin Franklin King (1857-1894), was displayed as a sampler at the house of Miss Margaret "Moggie" Sheddon in Swanage. 

THE LAY OF THE DISCONTENTED CHRISTIAN

Nothing to eat but food

Nothing but clothes to wear

Nothing to warm but heat

Nothing to breathe but air

Nowhere to live but home

Nowhere to sleep but bed

None to love but friends

Nothing but good to dread

Nothing but daily grace

And a Father’s constant love

And a life of prayer and faith

And a home prepared above

Was ever a life so tried

Was ever a heart so riven

With nothing on earth but good

And nothing at last but Heaven