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... Boys and their ways, by one who knows them - Seite xiivon Boys - 1880 - 331 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 Seiten
...Thou lookest in a grave, — to see Thine immortality ! How happy is he born and taught, Who 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... | |
| 1841 - 586 Seiten
...latest breath, Thy love and guardian care. 357 45$ LM SIR H. WOTTOn. '/7'i' Character of a happy Life. 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,... | |
| 1844 - 586 Seiten
...latest breath, Thy love and guardian care. 357 458 L- M- SIR H. WOTTOB. Thr Character of a happy Life. 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,... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1842 - 532 Seiten
...greatly injured the sense, and abated the energy of them : How happy is he born, or taught, That ser*peth 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 prepar'd for death ; Unty'd unto the world,... | |
| Edward Francis Rimbault - 1842 - 348 Seiten
...scrap of paper, on the back: of which is a memorandum dated 1616. Memoirs of E AUeun p. 54. ' ' J ' Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ;* Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepar'd for death, Untide unto the world... | |
| Percy Society - 1842 - 352 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
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