What allusions are used in the poem "Laugh and Be Merry" by John Masefield?

The obvious allusions in this poem are allusions made to
the Bible or religion as a whole. It is clear that the message of the poem--how we
should live our lives in spite of our imminent deaths--is based around Masefield's
religious beliefs as a Christian, as the allusions indicate. Note the major allusion
made to the Book of Genesis in the Bible and God's act of creating the
world:

Laugh
and be merry: remember, in olden time.
God made Heaven and Earth for joy He
took in a rhyme,
Made them, and filled them full with the strong red wine
of His mirth
The splendid joy of the stars: the joy of the
earth.

Although Masefield has
adapted this reference somewhat, it is clear that the allusion is to how God created the
heavens and the earth. Likewise we can find similar biblical allusions in how our lives
are presented and viewed, in particular their
brevity:

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...for the time is brief, a thread the length of
a span.

This relates to
various biblical references where the brevity of our lives as humans is established.
Thus the main allusions in this life-affirming poem seem to come from the Bible, which
serves to reinforce Masefield's central message of how we should live our lives based on
the inescapable fact of their brevity.