Happy the man who void of care and strife
- DMI number:
- 30641
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of care and strife
- Last Line:
- The ship sinks foundering in the vast abyss
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Blank verse
- Themes:
- Money / wealth and The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- John Philips
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Lloyd Thomas (1927): 3-8. Lonsdale (1984): 6-8 (extract).
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of cares and strife
- Last Line:
- The ship sinks foundering in the vast abyss
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The art of poetry made easy, [...]: being the seventh volume of the Circle of the sciences [T120153]
- Page No(s):
- pp.152-157
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling (p.151)
- Attribution:
- Mr. John Philips (p.151).
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.137-141
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Phillips
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The British poets [N15724]
- Page No(s):
- pp.186-191
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: An Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol 1] [T144397] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.123-128
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Phillips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol 1] [T202072]
- Page No(s):
- pp.123-128
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Phillips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
Poem Aliases
Philips. Splendid Shilling.
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