 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
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...descending. 4 Cradled in its quiet deep, 323. LM SIR HENRY WOTTON. 0 An Independent and Happy Life. 1 How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. 2 Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not tied unto the world... | |
 | Thomas Amyot, John Payne Collier, William Durrant Cooper, Alexander Dyce, Barron Field, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright - 1853 - 510 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... | |
 | 1853 - 298 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 Seiten
...have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. SHAKSPEAIIE. THE HAPPY LIFE. 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 worldly... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 Seiten
...Contentment be a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it, but in heaven again. The Character of a Happy Ufe. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...is his honest thought, (And simple truth his utmost »kill 1 Whose passions not his masters are, I 1 Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto... | |
 | 1853 - 560 Seiten
...CUNNINGHIM. 2 18 THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. fire Cfcafacter of s £JTO fife How happy is he horn and taught, That serveth not another's will ! Whose...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... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 370 Seiten
...reader. Vol. IIL— P 169 THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. BT SIR HENRY WOTTON [BORN 1568, DIED 1640.] 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 ! Whose passions not his masters are,... | |
 | 1854 - 426 Seiten
...imagination of the reader. THE CHARACTEE OF A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON [BORN 1568, DIED ]640.] How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 Seiten
...Psalm cxxviii. 1, 2. Behold we count them happy which endure. — James, v. 11. 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; Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death; Not ty'd... | |
 | 1854 - 456 Seiten
...purple mullet and gold-fish rove Where the waters murmur tranquilly A HAPPY LIFE. — Sir Henry Wattm. 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 ; Whose passions not his masters are... | |
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