 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 by care Of public...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3111839Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1812 - 688 pages
...: " The Character of a Happy Life. l. " 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 master's are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death; Untied unto the world... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death ; Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath : Who envies none... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...character: 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...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar.d for death ; Unty,d unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath. Who envies none... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Character of a liappi/ Life. SIR HENRY WOTTON. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death : Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath ! Who envies none... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...following is an interesting specimen.] How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple...passions not his masters' are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death; Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath. Who envies none... | |
 | Bible - 1820 - 414 pages
...helper will be near. 210. LM A Happy Life. 1 How happy is he born and taught, Who servcth 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, Untied to this vain... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...extant. . t. 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...care Of public fame, or private breath. Who envies not where chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood ; How deepest wounds are given by praise,... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - Hymns, English - 1821 - 316 pages
...of time. 183. LM WOTTON. A happy life, 1 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 ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death, Unty'd to this vain... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pages
...OF A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIB, HENRY WOTTON. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will, Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple...are, Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Untied vinto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath : Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose... | |
 | 1822 - 796 pages
...That serveth not another's will : Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his highest skill. Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not ty'd unto the world with cure Of Princes' ear, or vulgar breath. Who hath his life from rumours... | |
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