 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
 | 1839 - 876 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 all." To Wotton, also, has been attributed, on the authority of a doubtful opinion expressed in Walton's... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 536 pages
...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... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1837 - 512 pages
...with a brother and a friend. 4 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fail ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. CM ANONYMOUS. The true Riches. Ps. 37. 1 WITH mines of wealth are sinners poor, Unhlessing and unblessed... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 854 pages
...have won one town. Id. This man is freed of servile hands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall : Lora of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. Wotton. By land they found that huge and mighty country. Ahbat. Probably land-damn was a coarse expression... | |
 | 1839 - 898 pages
...religious book or friend. " Tbia man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall, Loid of himself, 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... | |
 | William Bingham Tappan - 1840 - 344 pages
...Whose life is hid WITH CHRIST IN GOD ! THE HAPPY MAN. 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 Watton, 1590. THE happy man is he, whose youth Is not in wasting pleasures spent ; In manhood... | |
 | William Bingham Tappan - 1840 - 342 pages
...Whose life is hid WITH CHRIST IN GOD ! THE HAPPY MAN. 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, 1590. Of humble wish, whose wish is met By kind response from mercy's dower ; Whom... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 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 all. THOMAS CAREW. THIS poet was born about 1577- He received his education at Corpus Christ! College, Oxford,... | |
 | 1841 - 586 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. 358 459 t. M. WATTS. 1 BLEST are the humble souls that see Their emptiness and poverty ; Treasures... | |
 | 1841 - 598 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. M 459 x LM WATT.. The Beatitudes. 1 BLEST are the humble souls that see Their emptiness and poverty... | |
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