 | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Hymns, English - 1851 - 638 pages
...is still prepared for death ; Not tied unto the world with care Of prince's ear or vulgar breath ; 3 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than goods to lend, And walks with man from day to day, As with a brother and a friend. 4 This man is freed... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren - 1852 - 626 pages
...conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great : 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,... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1852 - 674 pages
...his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; — 4 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend, And walks with man from day to day, As with a brother and a friend. 5 This man is freed from servile bands... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 370 pages
...conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great : 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,... | |
 | Literature - 1892 - 880 pages
...Conscience is his strong retreat: Whose state can neither flatterers feed. Nor ruine make oppressors great Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend: And entcrtaines the harmless day With a Religious Book, or Friend. This man is freed from servile bands... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill! . . . Who God doth late and early pray More 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 372 pages
...is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great; 5. 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; 6. This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise,... | |
 | William J. Bennett - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 392 pages
...conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great; 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, Or hope to rise,... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - Education - 2014 - 132 pages
...conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make accusers great; Who God doth late and early pray More 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,... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make accusers great; Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than goods to send, THE CYCLES And entertains the harmless day OF LIFE With a well-chosen book or friend,... | |
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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... 
