Happy the man who void of cares and strife
- DMI number:
- 3492
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of cares and strife
- Last Line:
- The ship sinks foundering in the vast abyss
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Mock epic, Blank verse, and Comic verse
- Themes:
- Money / wealth
- Author:
- John Philips
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Lloyd Thomas (1927): 3-8. Lonsdale (1984): 6-8 (extract).
- First Line:
- Thrice happy he whose hours the cheering smiles
- Last Line:
- Of chaos bellowed with the monstrous roar
- Relationship:
- Parody Of/Parodied By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Happy the boy who dwells remote from school
- Last Line:
- All all are lost in ruin terrible
- Relationship:
- Parody Of/Parodied By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Happy the maid who from green sickness free
- Last Line:
- And proud cathedrals tumble to the ground
- Relationship:
- Parody Of/Parodied By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of care and strife
- Last Line:
- The ship sinks foundering in the vast abyss
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ill fare the miscreant who to mischief prone
- Last Line:
- And ranked among the deathless sons of fame
- Relationship:
- Parody Of/Parodied By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems viz the temple of death [T116471]
- Page No(s):
- pp.393-400
- Poem Title:
- In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of poems viz the temple of death [T116963]
- Page No(s):
- pp.221-225
- Poem Title:
- In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of poems viz the temple of death [T124630]
- Page No(s):
- pp.393-400
- Poem Title:
- In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of the best english poetry by several hands [vol I] [T71]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A new miscellany of original poems [T96800]
- Page No(s):
- pp.212-221
- Poem Title:
- In imitation of Milton
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Cyder. A Poem...with the Splendid Shilling. Paradise Lost, and two Songs, &c.
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Cyder. A poem...with the Splendid Shilling, Paradise Lost, and two songs [T34525]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Cyder. A poem...with the Splendid Shilling, Paradise Lost, and two songs [T34526]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Cyder. A Poem...with the Splendid Shilling. Paradise Lost, and two Songs, &c. [T34527]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The curiosity: or gentleman and ladies repository (Part 1) [T187818] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-11
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The merry fellow [T128505] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.192-196
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Oxford sausage or select poetical pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the university of Oxford [N41891] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.48-54
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Oxford sausage or select poetical pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the university of Oxford [T142942] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.48-54
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Oxford sausage or select poetical pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the university of Oxford [T76291] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.48-54
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Oxford sausage or select poetical pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the university of Oxford [T89763] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.43-48
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Oxford sausage or select poetical pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the university of Oxford [T99424] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.48-54
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Oxford sausage or select poetical pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the university of Oxford [T99833] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.48-54
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of modern poems [ESTC T84071] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-7
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- A collection of poems, essays and epistles [T119421] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-213
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- A collection of poems, essays and epistles [T167515] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-213
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- A collection of poems, essays and epistles [T167516] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-213
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- A collection of poems. [T121161] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.217-223
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: An Imitation of Milton. By Mr. Philips.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [T813]
- Page No(s):
- pp.146-152
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- Poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools the fourth edition [ESTC T132703]
- Page No(s):
- pp.135-139
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. An Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Phillips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The beauties of English poesy [vol 1] [T146028] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-260
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The beauties of English poesy [vol 1] [T146032] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-260
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. II. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- pp.8-12
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The parnassium or beauties of English poetry [T125713]
- Page No(s):
- pp.[3]-7
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces [ESTC T175134] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.154-158
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. An Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Phillips
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools [ESTC T118165] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.153-158
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. An Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Phillips
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools third edition [ESTC T118166] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.135-139
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. An Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Phillips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.339-343
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. An Imitation of Milton. [J. Philips.]
- Attribution:
- J. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.317-320
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. An Imitation of Milton. [J. Philips.]
- Attribution:
- J. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.317-320
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. An Imitation of Milton. [J. Philips.]
- Attribution:
- J. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton. [J. Philips.]
- Attribution:
- J. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol II] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.8-12
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The works of Mr. John Philips [N25871]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Philips listed as author on title page of collection
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- Title:
- The works of Mr. John Philips [T119578]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: In Imitation of Milton
- Attribution:
- Philips listed as author on title page of collection
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
Poem Aliases
Philips. Splendid Shilling.
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