 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...the 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." A SECOND SERIES OF LAYS AND LEGENDS. BY WILLIAM J. THOMS. PREFACE, PROEM, OR WHAT-YOU-WILL. THE time... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains 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, tho' not of landi ; And having nothing, yet hath alL • EPIGRAMS. 'Tis strange, Prudilla, you accuse... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With an instructive book, or friend. 6 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise,...fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, He, having nothing, yet hath all. 543. LM JERVIS. Integrity^ fortitude, snd bope. 1 r I^HE man, whose... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...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,...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
...doth late 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 not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. SONG VI. BY HILDEBRAND JACOB, ESS. I ENVY not the mighty great, Those powerful rulers of the state,... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...of his grace than gifts to lead ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. " This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise,...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
...of his grace then gifts to lead : And entertains the harmless day With a religious book, or friend. This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise,...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... | |
 | Bible - 1820 - 414 pages
...grace than gifts to lend j Whose heart, as open as the day, Fears not to call his God his friend. 5 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise,...fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, He, having nothing, yet hath all. SirH.Wottofr. 211. c. M. Heavenly Wisdom. Prov. iii. 18 — 17. 1... | |
 | 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... | |
 | David Pickering - Bible - 1822 - 442 pages
...grace than gifts to lend ; Whose heart, as open as the day, Fears not to call his God his friend. 5 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise,...fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, He, having nothing, yet hath all. Sir II. Wotton, 202. c. M. A Prospect of the Resurrection. 1 How... | |
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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... 
