 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...shall prove, Heaven below, and heaven above. TOPLADY.. Notfjmg, get ijatfj II OW 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...dwells. • HENRY WOTTON. Born 1568 t 1639. The Character of a 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 prepar'd for death ; Untied... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...might be happy and quiet, we create trouble to ourselves." — Izaac Walton. 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... | |
 | 1856 - 332 pages
...— repentance ! A HAPPY LIFE. BY 81K HEJJRY WOTTOX. How happy is he born and taught, That scrvcth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. Whose passions not his masters arc. Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...cuckoo ! Oh, word of fear, THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. Sir HEMEY WOTTON. 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 prepar'd for death, Untied unto... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Ballads, English - 1858 - 396 pages
...bis piece!!, intitled, Reliquiae Wottonianse, 1C51, 12mo ; compared with one or two other copies.1 How happy is he born or taught, That serveth not another's...his highest skill: Whose passions not his masters are; 5 Whose soul is still prepar'd for death; Not t/d unto the world with care Of prince's ear, or... | |
 | English poetry - 1858 - 396 pages
...his pieces, intitled, Reliquisc Wottonianse, 1651, 12mo ; compared with one or two other copies. 1 How happy is he born or taught, That serveth not another's...his highest skill: Whose passions not his masters are; 5 Whose soul is still prepar'd for death; Not ty'd unto the world with care Of prince's ear, or... | |
 | What - 1858 - 218 pages
...— a glittering specimen from his mine of old English lore : ' How happy is he born, or taught, Who serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest...his highest skill. Whose passions not his masters are, "Whose ' ' Pshaw ! I forget the rest.' ' That has all the ring of Tennyson's gold/ said Xieonard.... | |
 | William Chambers - Conduct of life - 1858 - 378 pages
...conclude with the lines of Sir Henry Wotton on the character of a 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... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind. 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. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall, Lord of himself,... | |
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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... 
