“Happy were he could finish forth his fate” R. Devereux Illustrator W. Rossiter Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Kaitlyn Fralick University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Victoria, BC, Canada

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 Poem signed R. Devereux. Poet attribution: Frederic Ives Carpenter, English Lyric Poetry (1500-1700) (London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1897), pp. 112-13, where the poem is attributed to Robert Devereux. (BGL) The English Illustrated Magazine 23 203 394 Happy were he could finish forth his fate text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 3em; writing-mode: vertical-rl; text-orientation: upright; font-style: italic; margin-left: 4em; margin-left: 12em; text-transform: uppercase; display: none; display: inline; display: block; font-size: 1rem; width: 32em; Proofed poem and set status to 'verified'. Generated file from template and set status to 'generated'.
A Wish Happy were he could finish forth his fate In some unhaunted desert ; where, obscure From all society, from love and hate Of wordly folk, there should he sleep secure ; Then wake again ; and yield god ever praise ; Content with hip, with haws, and brambleberry ; In contemplation passing still his days, And change of holy thoughts to make him merry : Who when he dies, his tomb might be the bush Where harmless robin resteth with the thrush : Happy were he !