Religion
Happy, O! happy he, who not affecting
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1891)
Happy, O! happy he, who not affecting
The endless toils attending worldly cares,
With mind reposed, all discontents rejecting,
In silent peace his way to heaven prepares,
Deeming this life a scene, the world a stage
Whereon man acts his weary pilgrimage.
Codex Note
From John Wilbye's Second Set of Madrigals, 1609.
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Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “Happy, O! happy he, who not affecting.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/46/.
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Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “Happy, O! happy he, who not affecting.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/46/.
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