T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Loyal Delights of a Contented Mind
Anonymous(From Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1707) OH, how Happy’s he, who from Business free, | |
| Can Enjoy his Mistress, Bottle, and his Friend: | |
| Not confined to State, nor the Pride of the Great; | |
| Only on himself, not others doth depend: | |
| Change can never vex him, Faction ne’er perplex him: | 5 |
| If the World goes well, a Bumper crowns his Joys, | |
| If it be not so than he takes of two; | |
| Till succeeding Glasses, Thinking doth destroy. | |
| When his Noddle reels, he to Cælia steals; | |
| And by Pleasures unconfined runs o’er the Night; | 10 |
| In the Morning wakes, a pleasing Farewell takes, | |
| Ready for fresh Tipling, and for new Delight: | |
| When his Table’s full, oh, then he hugs his Soul; | |
| And drinking all their Healths, a Welcome doth express: | |
| When the Cloth’s removed, then by all approved, | 15 |
| Comes the full grace Cup, Queen Anna’s good success. | |