HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public... The book of good devices, ed. by G. Golding - Page 223edited by - 1873Full view - About this book
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 602 pages
...serveth not another's will, Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is...the world by care Of public fame, or private breath ; — 3 Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood, How deepest wounds are... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it, but in heaven again. The Character of a Jïappy Lift. How G<} k g y ] H k 9!Txي/ 8ߜ ʿ> mO_ I߁gM{`٘ > * =uk k ~y ^ v a oM ЍH v Anil simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - 576 pages
...honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are, Whose sou] is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath ; — 3 Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood, How deepest wounds are... | |
| William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pages
...Wotton, who died (provost of Eaton,) 1639. THE CHARACTER OP A HAPPY LIFE. " How happy is he born or taught, . That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his highest skill. Whoso passions not bis master are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not ty'd... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - 672 pages
...through Emanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. 100 LM SIRH.WOTTON. tnwr.utn ot a ffiapjnj IU'0. 1 How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will, Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are,... | |
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 582 pages
...Emauuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. 100 LM SmH. WOTTON. CJwractcr of a 7i?nji(i» l>.ltr, 1 How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will, Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...of purpose. Whose soul is still1 prepared for death ; Whose passions not his masters are ; Untied2 unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath ; Who envies none, that chance doth raise, Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given with praise ;3 Nor4 rules of... | |
| William Goodman - 1845 - 440 pages
...Wotton, who died (provost of Eaton,) 1639. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. " How happy is he born or taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth bis highest skill. Whose passions not his master are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not... | |
| Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - 1845 - 498 pages
...serveth not another's will ; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied to this vain world by care Of public fame or private breath : 3 Who hath his life from rumors freed,... | |
| William Johnson Fox - 1845 - 124 pages
...created man, Thou lookest in a grave, — to see Thine immortality ! How happy is he born and taught, Who serveth not another's will — Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his only skill ! Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied to... | |
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