 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
 | 1845 - 442 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...while he must Below the skies, but having there his house. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search, And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 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 not ; He seeks not hers, for he has prov'd them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | Gift book - 1846 - 302 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...view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely,he o'erlooks the world, She scorns his pleasures — for she knows them not ; He seeks not... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue ; and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for liappiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home." CowPER. Such a man is Farmer Brown ; and I should like to see many more such pass along the high-road... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 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...She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground, like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruu 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 n01; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 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 not ; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer-birds, Pursuing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, [fruit Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search 915 Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, thfruit 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'erkwks him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view ; 80l • THE TASK. And, occupied... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peare, the fruit 0f virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...must, Below the skies, but having there his home. COWPKB. POUR forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For... | |
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