| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Song: ‘How happy the lover’ | | By John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| | Sung to a Minuet
HOW 1 happy the lover, | |
| How easy his chain, | |
| How pleasing his pain; | |
| How sweet to discover | |
| He sighs not in vain. | 5 |
| For love, every creature | |
| Is formed by his nature; | |
| No joys are above | |
| The pleasures of Love. | |
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| In vain are our graces, | 10 |
| In vain are your eyes, | |
| If love you despise. | |
| When age furrows faces, | |
| ’Tis time to be wise. | |
| Then, use the short blessing | 15 |
| That flies in possessing; | |
| No Joys are above | |
| The pleasures of Love. | |
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