O happy if he knew his happy state
- DMI number:
- 12926
- First Line:
- O happy if he knew his happy state
- Last Line:
- Tis time to set at ease the smoking horse
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Panegyric and Couplet
- Themes:
- Retirement, Rural life, and The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Dryden's translation of Georgics II. Calif. V (1988): 202-6.
- Translated from:
- Virgil
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- O happy if he knew his happy state
- Last Line:
- To lands that lie beneath another sun
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Oh happy if he knew his happy state
- Last Line:
- With roots and herbs and gave the golden age
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of select pieces from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Dryden and Pope, for schools [T128606] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.295-298
- Poem Title:
- A Panegyric on a Country-life,
- Attribution:
- by Mr Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T128313]
- Page No(s):
- pp.313-317
- Poem Title:
- A Panegyrick on a Country-Life.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T167216] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.313-317
- Poem Title:
- A Panegyrick on a Country-Life.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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