How happy is he born or taught
- DMI number:
- 50
- First Line:
- How happy is he born or taught
- Last Line:
- And having nothing yet hath all
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Windsor Medley [20 titles] [ESTC T58887, N25099]
- Page No(s):
- p.59
- Poem Title:
- On Contentment
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [3rd ed] [Vol 1] [T82693] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.322
- Poem Title:
- XII. The Character of a Happy Life.
- Attribution:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- William Wotton
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Dublin] [Vol 1] [T83734] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.251
- Poem Title:
- XII. The Character of a Happy Life.
- Attribution:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- William Wotton
- Title:
- Le Prince d'Amour [R209901]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 134-135
- Poem Title:
- Happiness.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [2nd ed] [Vol 1] [T83735] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.320
- Poem Title:
- XII. The Character of a Happy Life.
- Attribution:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [4th ed] [Vol 1] [T81998] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.335-336
- Poem Title:
- XI. The Character of a Happy Life.
- Attribution:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [London and Frankfurt] [Vol 1] [T84265] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.268-269
- Poem Title:
- XII. The Character of a Happy Life.
- Attribution:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Vol 1] [T84936] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.297
- Poem Title:
- XII. The Character of a Happy Life.
- Attribution:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Title:
- Reliquiae Wottonianae: or, a collection of lives, letters, poems with characters. Also additional letters to several persons [ESTC R2126]
- Page No(s):
- pp.383-84
- Poem Title:
- The Character of a Happy Life
- Attribution:
- H. Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
Related People
Content/Publication