| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Song: ‘The happiest mortals once were we’ | | By George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1666–1735) |
| | | THE HAPPIEST mortals once were we | |
| I loved Myra, Myra me; | |
| Each desirous of the blessing, | |
| Nothing wanting but possessing; | |
| I loved Myra, Myra me: | 5 |
| The happiest mortals once were we. | |
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| But since cruel fates dissever, | |
| Torn from love, and torn forever, | |
| Tortures end me, | |
| Death befriend me! | 10 |
| Of all pain, the greatest pain | |
| Is to love, and love in vain. | | | | |
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