blithe quotes

I hae been blythe wi'Comrades dear; I hae been merry drinking.

- Robert Burns
  'Song, The Rigs o'Barley', or 'Corn Rigs  AreBonie', stanza 4.

Onthegreenbanks of Shannon, when Sheelahwasnigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happyas I; No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dogTray.

-Thomas Campbell
  'The Harper', stanza1.