 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pàgines
...And if contentment be a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it but in heaven again. THE HAPPY LIFE. 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,... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 pàgines
...serve th 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 this vain world by care Of public fame, or private breath ! This man is freed from servile... | |
 | 1842 - 298 pàgines
...Nothing beneath the sovereign good Can claim his highest love. 1 How happy is he born or taught, Who serveth not another's will ; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his highest skill ; — 2 Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ;... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 pàgines
...Sir Henry Wotton, and is so beautiful, that we may be excused quoting the first two and last verses. 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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 pàgines
...Sir Henry Wotton, and is so beautiful, that we may be excused quoting the first two and last verses. 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,... | |
 | Percy Society - 1842 - 424 pàgines
...rimes, that would beguile With mine own grief some portion of thy pain. THE CHABACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.* How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; * The character of a happy life] Mr. Collier (Memoirs of E. Alleyn, p. 53.) has printed these verses... | |
 | Percy Society - 1842 - 352 pàgines
...rimes, that would beguile With mine own grief some portion of thy pain. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.* How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; * The character of a happy life] Mr. Collier (Memoirs of E. Alleyn, p. 53.) has printed these verses... | |
 | Edward Francis Rimbault - 1842 - 364 pàgines
...rimes, that would beguile With mine own grief some portion of thy pain. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.* How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; * The character of a happy life] Mr. Collier (Memoirs of E. Alleyn, p. 53.) has printed these verses... | |
 | Francis Foster Barham - 1843 - 304 pàgines
...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 worldly care Of public fame, or private breath. 10 NEW REFORMERS DEMANDED. FI Who... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 602 pàgines
...through Emanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. 100 LM SmH. WOTTON. (fljnvattrv of n ffiapp1) Mr. 1 How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath ; — 3 Who envies none that chance... | |
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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... 
