 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,...  Gentlemen at Arms - Pagina 331di John Hartman Morgan - 1918 - 335 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 236 pagine
...man from day to day, As with a brother and a 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 nothing, yet hath all. X.XXV. I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, 1 was not born as thousands... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pagine
...the harmless day With a well-chosen 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 nothing, yet hath all. StR JOHN DAVtES was born at Chisgrove, Wiltshlre, in 1570. His father was a tanner. In 15S5, he entered... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pagine
...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 nothing, yet hath all. JOHN DONNE. BORN 1573; DTED 1631. THE life and character of Donne have been made familiar to his countrymen... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 240 pagine
...man from day to day, As with a brother and a 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 nothing, yet hath all. X.XIV. I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me in these Christian... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pagine
...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 nothing, yet hath all. JOHN DONNE. BORN 1573; DIED 1631. THE life and character of Donne have been made familiar to his countrymen... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pagine
...the harmless day With a well-chosen hook, or friend. This man is freed from servile hands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. SIR JOHN DA vies was born at Chisgrove, Wiltshire, in l570. His father was a tanner. In l585, he entered... | |
 | 1836 - 596 pagine
...and at the feast of his own spreading. Happy the man who can say with Sir Henry Wootton, that he is " Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all." But where is that man to be found ? that greatest of all heroes, who can win laurels on the field of... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pagine
...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 nothing, yet hath all. THE wing of Time passes lightly over the cheek and the brow, unconscious of the ravages of misery and ungovernable... | |
 | 1837 - 548 pagine
...from day to day, As with a brother and a friend. 4 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of 'lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. 411. CM ANONYMOUi. The True Richest Ps. 37. WITH mines of wealth are sinners poor, Unblessing and unblessed... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 536 pagine
...a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to tall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. * VUe Walton'* Epistle Dedicatory ; et infra, cap. i. This worthy and accomplished gentleman died in... | |
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