The Happy Man

A man of no regrets
  He goes his sunny way,
Owing the Past no load of debts
  The Present cannot pay :
He wedded his first love,
  Nor loved another since;
He sets his nobler hopes above;
  He reigns in joy a Prince!

A man of no regrets,
  He hath no cares to vex,
No secret griefs, nor mental nets,
  Nor troubles to perplex:
Forgiveness to his sin,
  And help in every need,
Blessings around, and peace within,
  Crown him a King indeed!

A man of no regrets,
  Upon his Empire free
The sun of gladness never sets,—
  Then who so rich as he?
Yea, God upon thine heart
  Hath pour'd all blessings down:
Then yield to Him, with all thou art,
  The homage of thy crown!