| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...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 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... | |
| 1853 - 298 pages
...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, Whose soul is still prepared for death; Untied unto... | |
| Hymns, English - 1853 - 596 pages
...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 another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. 2 Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not tied... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...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 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... | |
| Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner ADAMS - 1854 - 762 pages
...well with thee. — 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...his highest skill; Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death; Not ty'd unto the world with care Of princes' ear, or... | |
| Languages, Modern - 1854 - 504 pages
...I2mo. HUP in The character of a happy life« How happy is he born or taught, That served not anothers will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple...his highest skill: Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death; Not ty'd unto the world with care Of princes ear, or vulgar... | |
| 1854 - 426 pages
...THE CHARACTEE OF A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON [BORN 1568, DIED ]640.] 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... | |
| Hymns - 1854 - 120 pages
...Corinthians vi. 9, 10. 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 ; Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not tied unto the world with care Who God doth late... | |
| Authors, English - 1855 - 834 pages
...Virtue is the roughest way, But proves at night a bed of down. THE HAPPY LIFE. How happy U he bom 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... | |
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