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
| 1853 - 298 pagine
...World by care Of publick fame, or private breath. This Man is freed from servile bands, Of hopes to rise, or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. See a copy of these verses, taken from the original in Ben Jonson's hand-writing, in Mr. Collier's... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pagine
...armour is his honest thought. And simple truth his utmost skill! (1. 1-4) Wotton POETRY QUOTATIONS 2 — So this winged hour is dropped to us from above. Oh! clasp we to o (I. 23-24) E1L; GTBS; GTBS-P; LiTB; NOBE; OBEY; OBS; TrGrPo; WGRP On His Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia... | |
| Mark L. Greenberg - 1996 - 224 pagine
...of Ancient English Poetry — and the idea that the man free "Of hope to rise, or fear to fall" is "Lord of himself, though not of lands, / And having nothing, yet hath all" (Ault, Lyrics 459-60; the commonplace goes back to Horace and, supposedly, Pythagoras). This passage... | |
| William J. Bennett - 1997 - 392 pagine
...the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands, Or hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. The Emperor and the Peasant Boy This old tale from Mexico reminds us that one heart's honesty has the power... | |
| Louisa May Alcott - 1997 - 172 pagine
...became more beautiful than any lay he sang, and on his shield her heart inscribed the fine old lines, "Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all." CHAPTER III One balmy night, when early flowers were blossoming in Claudia's garden, and the west wind... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pagine
...an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country. 12766 'The Character of a Happy Life' ich is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was 12767 Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes. 12768 'Upon the Death ofSirAlbertus Moreton's... | |
| George Eliot - 1909 - 476 pagine
...simple truth his only skill t • •••••• His man is freed bom servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all." — Sm HENBT WOTTON. DOROTHEA'S confidence in Caleb Garth's knowledge, which had begun on her hearing... | |
| Henry Salt - 2000 - 198 pagine
...modern writer, can we apply Sir Henry Wbtton's stanza: 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. We have seen that he was not, like Emerson, a philosopher of wide far-reaching sympathies and cautious... | |
| Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - 2014 - 132 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. SIR HENRY WOTTON 1 Write a paragraph outlining the qualities the poet thinks are sure to make a man... | |
| William G. Allen, Louisa May Alcott - 2002 - 164 pagine
...became more beautiful than any lay he sang, and on his shield her heart inscribed the fine old lines, "Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all." CHAPTER III ONE balmy night, when early flowers were blossoming in Claudia's garden, and the west wind... | |
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