 | Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatt'rers feed, Nor ruin make oppressor's great : Who God doth late and early pray, More of...freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to tail ; Lord of himself, tho' not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir licit ry ll'utton.... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...wounds are giv.n by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat : Whose state...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. The poem which I shall next insert is not of equal merit: yet, as it gives a picture of the calmness... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good : Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state...and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend : This man is freed from servile hands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good ! Who hath his life from rumors freed, Whose conscierice is his Strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers...late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to fend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend ! This man is freed from servile... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...ruin, make oppressors great. " Who God doth late and early pray. More of his grace than gifts to lead ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all." To Wotton, also, has been attributed, on the authority of a doubtful opinion expressed in Walton's... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...riiin make oppressors great. Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace then gifts to lead : And entertains the harmless day With a religious book,...though not of lands, And having nothing,, yet hath all. iutian jr.omior: WO. II. LECTURES ON THE BIBLE. n: ii UI . -^ A FAMILIAR acquaintance with the Holy... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumour freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat, Whose state...late and early pray., More of his grace than gifts to lead : And entertains the harmless day With a religious book, or friend. This man is freed from servile... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - Hymns, English - 1821 - 316 pages
...than gifts, to lend ; To crave for less and more obey, Nor dare with heav'n's high will contend. . This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise...though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all. 184. 8 & 6s. M. COTTON. Contentment. 1 LORD ! may we relish with content Whate'er thy lib'ral hand... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 490 pages
...but rules of good; Who hath his life from rumours freed ; Whose conscience is his strong retrrat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, — Nor,...though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. This worthy and accomplished gentleman died in the year 1639 } and is celebrated by Mr. Cowley, in... | |
 | Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 486 pages
...given — by praise ; Nor, rules of state, but rules of good; Who hath his life from rumours freed ; Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state...religious book or friend This man is freed from servile bauds Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing,... | |
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Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good;... 
