 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
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 546 pages
...correct, the passage may have suggested the lines in Sir Henry Wotton's song on a ' Happy Life,' — " Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all." We are inclined to receive it in the sense of the man's whole carriage and appearance — " a goodly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 544 pages
...correct, the passage may have suggested the lines in Sir Henry Wotton's long on a ' Happy Life,' — " Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all." Wq are inclined to teccive it in the sense of the man's whole carriage and appearance — " a goodly... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...8IB JOHN DAVIES. [Lrcr. VT . This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fell ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing yet hath all. SIR JOHN DAVIES, the poet to whom our attention is next directed, was of low origin, being the son... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren - 1852 - 626 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. THE SOUTH-SEA MARAUDERS. IT used to bo a common phrase among the most roving and wild class of sailors,... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1852 - 674 pages
...man from day to day, As with a brother and a friend. 5 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. 122 7s M. 8 1. METHODIST COL. iUfiuf 1 OMNIPRESENT God ! whose aid No one ever asked in vain, Be this... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...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. Da vies. Davies. John Davies, der Sohn eines Gerbers, ward 1570 zu Chisgrove in Wiltshire geboren,... | |
 | 1853 - 298 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pages
...entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bande Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. A MEDITATION. [Mr. Malonc, from whose handwriting I ropj ihij, MTS, "not, I think, print«!."] О, тног... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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. WOTTON. THE SWEET NEGLECT. STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still... | |
 | 1853 - 596 pages
...man from day to day, As with a brother and a 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. CM TATE AND BEADY. The Man whom God Approves. THIS spacious earth is all the Lord's ; The Lord's her... | |
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