 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,...  The Monthly magazine - Page 117by Monthly literary register - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 pages
...will ? Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill? Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death...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... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 pages
...will ? Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ? Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death...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... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1842 - 532 pages
...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 nothing, yet hath alt. This worthy and accomplished gentleman died in the year 1639 ; and is celebrated by Mr. Cowley,... | |
 | Francis Foster Barham - Reformation - 1843 - 304 pages
...feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great. This man is freed from servile bands, Of hopes to rise and fears to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, " And having nothing, yet hath all." In this sacred serenity of disposition Reuchlin, like Erasmus, considerably excelled Luther. Luther... | |
 | 1907 - 850 pages
...his honest thought. And simple truth his utmost skill. That man Is free from servile bonds. From hope to rise, or fear to fall. Lord of himself, though not of lands. And having nothing yet hath all. When will Eton again have such a Provost as Sir Henry Wotton? Her&ert Paul. NIGHT AT HIGH NOON. The... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1844 - 602 pages
...the harmless day With a religious book or friend ; — 6 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. 101 7s. M. 8 1. METHODIST COL. lirfare Sleep. 1 OMNIPRESENT God ! whose aid No one ever ask'd in vain,... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Unitarian churches - 1844 - 672 pages
...the harmless day With a religious book or friend; — 6 This man is freed from servile banda Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having' nothing, yet hath all. 101 7s. M. 81. METHODIST COL. aSetbre Slccp. 1 OMNIPRESENT God! whose aid No one ever ask'd in vain,... | |
 | 1907 - 848 pages
...bis honest thought And simple truth bis utmost skin. That man Is free from servile bonds. From hope to rise, or fear to fall. Lord of himself, though not of lands. And having nothing yet hath all. When will Eton again have such a Trovost as Sir Henry Wotton? Her&er* Paul NIGHT AT HIGH NOON. The... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1815 - 236 pages
...harmless day [20] With a Religious Book, or Friend ! This man is freed from servile [bjands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall : — Lord of himself, though not of Lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. H. WOTTON. [VARIATIONS, l.'or taught'— BCE F. — 4. ' And silly troth his highest sldll'— A D.... | |
 | sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1845 - 222 pages
...harmless day [20] With a Religious Book, or Fricnd ! This man is freed from servile [b]ands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall : — Lord of himself, though not of Lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. H. WOTTON. [VARIATIONS. 1. ' or taught'— BCE F. — 4. ' And silly truth his highest skill'— A... | |
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