The Happy Life My friend, the things that do attain The happy life be these, I find The riches

left, not got with pain; The fruitful ground; the quiet mind; Temanku, hal-hal yang telah ia lakukan tercapai Kehidupan bahagia seperti ini, yang aku temukan Kekayaan diperoleh, tidak mendapat rasa sakit Kesuburan tanah; pikiran tenang The equal friend, no grudge, no stife; No charge of rule, nor governance; Without disease, the healthy life; The household of continuance; Sama teman, tak ada demdam, tak ada perselisihan Tak ada tuntutan peraturan, atau pemerintah Tanpa penyakir, hidup sehat Keberlanjutan rumah tangga (langgeng) The mean diet, no delicate fare; True wisdom joined with simpleness; The night discharged of all care, Where wine the wit may not oppress; Kebijaksanaan sejati Malam menjadi tempat untuk melepaskan lelah

Introduction The Elizabethan poets (Sixteenth Century and shortly after) appeared in England during a period roughly contempororaneous with reign of Queen Elizabeth I (15581603). Previous to this, the genius of Chaucer (1343-1400) had established Engli sh as a new language of literature and was primary influence on poets of the Fif tennth Century, With the English renaissance of the Sisteenth Century, the langu age had moved much closer to its modern form, Chaucer came to be regarded as the English Homer, and a new flowering of poetry took place. These poets adopted so nnet forms from Italy and wrote enormous numbers of love poems, but they also tr ied new meters and entertained other subjects, such as the passage of time, the effect of imprisonment, views on the happy life, the kingdom of the mind, old ag e, advice to a son, true joy, and tributes to the dead. Here, some short extract s from Wyatt, S

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547) received his title when his father beca me duke of Norfolk. He fought in Scotland and in Flanders and became commander o f a garrison of Boulogne. Quick-tempered and quarrelsome, he made many enemies a nd was imprisoned several times for misconduct. Arrested on false charges of tre ason, he was executed in 1547. As with other Elizabethans, his poetry was somewh at secondary to his other activities, but he was technically skilled and, like Wyatt, an enthusiast of the Italian sonnet.