 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...Contentment be a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it, but in heaven again. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame or private breath ; Who envies none... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...Contentment be a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it, but in heaven again. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame or private breath ; Who envies none... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...heaven, although the world doth hate him. SIR HENEY WOTTON. BOBN, 1568; DIED, 1639. THE HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the wordly care Of public fame or private breath. Who envies none that... | |
 | William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...waiting for you or for me. — ROSCOE. THE HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born and taught That servcth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought,...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame or private breath. Who envies none... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - English poetry - 1851 - 300 pages
...1568, DIED 1640. How happy is lie born and taught, That serveth not another's will, — Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, — Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame, or private breath ; — Who envies... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...! O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! THE CHARACTER OF A MARRIED LIFE. SIE HENRY WOOTTOW. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is nis honest thought, And simple thought your honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. Whose... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...Tell me, if she were not design'd Th' eclipse and glory of her kind? The Character of a happy Life. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...masters are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death; Unti'd unto the world by care Of publick fame, or private breath. Who envies none that chance doth... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren - 1852 - 626 pages
...imagination of the reader. THE CHARACTER OP A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON [BORN 15C8, DIED 1040.] How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame, or private breath : Who envies none... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1852 - 674 pages
...Emanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. 121 LM SIR H. WOTTON. Character of a ?i]nj){)i! JLilt. 1 How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will, Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are,... | |
 | 1853 - 298 pages
...Sir Henry Wotton, and is so beautiful, that we may be excused quoting the first two and last verses. How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's...passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death; Untied unto the World by care Of publick fame, or private breath. This Man is freed... | |
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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... 
