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181.
Happy the man and happy he alone
First Line:
Happy the man and happy he alone
Last Line:
But what has been has been and I have had my hour
DMI number:
39887
182.
Happy the man that has each fortune tried
First Line:
Happy the man that has each fortune tried
Last Line:
And can regale himself with bread and cheese
Author:
William King (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
9429
183.
Grant me indulgent heaven a rural seat
First Line:
Grant me indulgent heaven a rural seat
Last Line:
From silent life I'd steal into my grave
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8169
184.
Grant me kind fate my liberty and health
First Line:
Grant me kind fate my liberty and health
Last Line:
But both be very choice and very few
DMI number:
9414
185.
Grant me ye gods the life I love
First Line:
Grant me ye gods the life I love
Last Line:
And choose to live an hermit here
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42592
186.
Great Alexander came to see my mansion being a tunne
First Line:
Great Alexander came to see my mansion being a tunne
Last Line:
Thou didst not come so wise to me as thou art like to go
Author:
Samuel Rowlands (Absolute)
DMI number:
23384
187.
Great father of the skies whose boundless sway
First Line:
Great father of the skies whose boundless sway
Last Line:
Than at thy throne with prostrate hearts to bend
Author:
Samuel Bowden (Absolute)
DMI number:
23398
188.
Had I the world at my command
First Line:
Had I the world at my command
Last Line:
I'll all the rest with joy resign
Author:
Henry Baker (Absolute)
DMI number:
597
189.
Hail rural prospects lovely sylvan scenes
First Line:
Hail rural prospects lovely sylvan scenes
Last Line:
Tremble admire be silent and adore
DMI number:
1928
190.
Hail sacred solitude from this calm bay
First Line:
Hail sacred solitude from this calm bay
Last Line:
With ease convey me to a better shade
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
5944
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