 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 having...  A biographical history of English literature - Page 184by John Daniel Morell - 1885Full view - About this book
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 440 pages
...is still prepared for death ; Not ty'd unto the world with care Of princes ear, or vulgar breath : Who hath his life from rumours freed ; Whose conscience...retreat: Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruine make oppressors great : Who envies none whom chance doth raise, Or vice : who never understood... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - 1845 - 498 pages
...Untied to this vain world by care Of public fame or private breath : 3 Who hath his life from rumors freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great : 4 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; To crave... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...chance doth raise, Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given with praise ;3 Nor4 rules of state, but rules of good : Who hath his life from rumours freed ;5 Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make... | |
 | 784 pages
...death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame, or private breath ; — Who envies none that chance doth raise, Or vice ; who never understood How deepest...by praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules of good ; — AVho hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience is liis strong retreat ; Whose state... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...care Of public fame, or private breath ; Who envies none, that chance doth raise, Nor vice ; hath ever understood How deepest wounds are given by praise,...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... | |
 | 1846 - 910 pages
...care Of public famo, or prirato breath ! Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath over understood ; How deepest wounds are given by praise. Nor rules of state, but rules of good ! Who bath his life from rumours freed. Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state con neither... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association - 1846 - 574 pages
...Untied to this vain world by care Of public fame or private breath ; 3 Who hath his life from rumors freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; 4 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; To crave... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...Not tied unto the world with care Of princes' ear or vulgar breath : Who hath his life from rumors freed ; Whose conscience is his strong retreat : Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great : Who envies none whom chance doth raise, Or vice : who never understood How deepest... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame or private breath ; Who envies none that chance doth raise, Or vice ; who never understood How deepest...Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame, or private breath ; Who envies none that chance id his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; Who... | |
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