 He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom...  The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ... - Page 328by Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...Below the skies, hut having there his home. The world overlooks him in her husy search Of ohjects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more suhlimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...Of ohjects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she. Thongh more suhlimely, he o'erlooks the world. .She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not her's, for he has proved them vain. He caunot skim the ground like summer hirds Pursuing... | |
 | 1818 - 586 pages
...set forth, A monument, as matchless as his worth. April 7. 163i. lz. WA. GEORGE HERBERT. rot. iv. I i The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects...world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not : He seeks not her's, for he has found them vain. Not slothful he, though seeming unemployed, And censured... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1819 - 410 pages
...Would make his fate his ehoiee : whom peaee, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content, indeed,...having there his home, The world o'erlooks him in her l,my seareh Of objeets more illustrious in her vlew ; And oeeupied as earnestly as she ; Though more... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit .' Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, ' . Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooka him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...he o'erlooks the World, She scorns his pleasures, forshojcnows them not; He seeks not hers, for he has prov'd them vain. He cannot skim the ground like... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the frnit Of virtue, and whom virtue, frnit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...illustrious in her view; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Thongh more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them uot He seeks not her's, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...Below the skies, but having there his home. The World o'orlooks him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; lie seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
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