 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...the World by care Of publick fame, or private breath. This Man is freed from servile bands, Of hopes to rise, or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all." A SECOND SERIES OF LAYS AND LEGENDS. BY WILLIAM J. THOMS. PREFACE, PROEM, OR WHAT-YOU-WILL. THE time... | |
 | 1805 - 506 pages
...harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend. This man is freed from servile band* Of hope to rise and fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing yet hath all. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, AND ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. OXFORD. Messrs. Daniel Wayland of St JOHN... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands,...Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, tho' not of landi ; And having nothing, yet hath alL • EPIGRAMS. 'Tis strange, Prudilla, you accuse... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With an instructive book, or friend. 6 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise,...fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, He, having nothing, yet hath all. 543. LM JERVIS. Integrity^ fortitude, snd bope. 1 r I^HE man, whose... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to tail ; Lord of himself, tho' not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir licit ry ll'utton.... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 518 pages
...his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertaines the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend. 20 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or feare to fall j Lord of himselfe, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. XII. GILDEROY... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend : And entertains the harmless day With a religious book, or friend. This man is freed from servile bands,...not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. The poem which I shall next insert is not of equal merit: yet, as it gives a picture of the calmness of... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend : This man is freed from servile hands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall : Lord of himself,...though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. SONG VI. BY HILDEBRAND JACOB, ESS. I ENVY not the mighty great, Those powerful rulers of the state,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...With a religious book or friend ! This man is freed from servile hands, Of hope to rise, or fear t« fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. § 48. Song. HlLDEBRAND JACOB, Esq. I EUVY not the mighty great, Those pow'rful rulers of the state,... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...early pray. More of his grace than gifts to lead ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. " This man is freed from servile bands,...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all." To Wotton, also, has been attributed, on the authority of a doubtful opinion expressed in Walton's... | |
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Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And,... 
