| Caroline Howard Gilman - Biography & Autobiography - 1838 - 290 pages
...set in storms, and gay hearts sink in wo." JR DKiKB, " How happy is he born and taught, Who serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are" SIR H. WOTTON. " I HAVE come to bid you good-by," said Lewis,... | |
| Bible - 1841 - 598 pages
...Character of a happy Life. 1 HOW happy is he bom and taught, That serveth not another's will, Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath ; — 3 Who envies... | |
| Hymns, English - 1841 - 586 pages
...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...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath ; — 3 Who envies... | |
| William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 pages
...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 bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though... | |
| Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...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, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 pages
...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, Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Untied unto the World... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1842 - 532 pages
...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,... | |
| Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 pages
...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, Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Untied unto the World... | |
| Edward Francis Rimbault - English poetry - 1842 - 364 pages
...Memoirs of E. Allevn p. 54. 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 by caref Of publick fame or private breath ; Who envies none that chance doth... | |
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