 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 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... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Hymns, English - 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... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 236 pages
...compared with one or two other copies."] OW happy is he born and taught, That serveth not anothcrs will ; Whose Armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost Skill ; [5] Whose Passions not his Masters are ; Whose Soul is still prepar'd for Death, Unti'd unto the... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1815 - 236 pages
...compared with one or two other copies."] OW happy is he born and taught, That serveth not anothers will ; Whose Armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost Skill ; [^J Whose Passions not his Masters are ; > Whose Soul is still prepar'd for Death, . /'.'>-- •>... | |
 | sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1845 - 222 pages
...compared with one or two other copies."] OW happy is he born and taught, That serveth not anothers will ; Whose Armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost Skill ; [5] Whose Passions not his Masters are ; Whose Soul is still prepar'd for Death, Unti'd unto the... | |
 | Unitarian churches - 784 pages
...his life has been published by the famous Izaak Walton. How happy is he born and taught, That serreth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought,...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame, or private breath ; — Who envies... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...her trusting child, she fondly flings. THE HAPPY LIFE. BY SIB HENRY WOTTON. 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 tied... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1846 - 1024 pages
...in the love of his sweet little daughter. CHAPTER XHI. How happy is he born and taught, That servcth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! SIR II. WOTTON. The visit had done Emilia infinite good. It was like a return to life and light,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...murmur tranquilly Through the bending twigs of the coral grove. A HAPPY LIFE.— Sir Henry Wotton. 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... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...do not know how to live to enjoy it.— SHERLOCR. A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIB HENRY WOTTOX, 1508 — 1639. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath I Who envies none... | |
| |
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... 
