 | Abraham Aaron Roback - Character - 1927 - 632 pages
...care Of public fame, or private breath ; Who envies none that chance doth raise Nor vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules of good : * * * * — This man is freed from servile bonds Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself,... | |
 | Christopher Morley - American literature - 1927 - 1128 pages
...care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise;...of state, but rules of good; Who hath his life from rumours freed; Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry, English - 1928 - 888 pages
...care Of public fame, or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice, who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise;...of State, but rules of good; Who hath his life from rumors freed; Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor... | |
 | Poetry - 1930 - 280 pages
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Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters... 
