 Character of a Happy Life HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's 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, Untied unto...  Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads - Page 62by Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1881 - 738 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...numerous pieces of poetry interspersed, we can only give th* following beautiful verses by Sir Henr Icnry Wotton : — " How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ? Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ? Whose passions not bis masters... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...acutest philosopher. N° XVIII. Hfeans offered by Religion for subduhig the irregular Inclinations* How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought,, And simple truth his utmost skill! WKose passions not his masters... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...from envy, care, and strife, Keep me, ye powers divine ! SONG V. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill : Whose passions not his masters... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...pleas'd, when ye demand my life, May I that life resign ! § 47. Song. The Character of a liappi/ Life. SIR HENRY WOTTON. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ; Whose passions not his masters... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...valuable Work* in History^ Science, and Poetry, of which the following is an interesting specimen.] How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. Whose passions not his masters'... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...considered one of the earliest poems of Sir Henry Wotton extant. . t. The Character of a happy life, How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not Another's will ! Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill. . Whose passions not his masters... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pages
...myself, myself and all I give, To thee I die, to thee I only live. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIB, HENRY WOTTON. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will, Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill : Whose passions not his masters... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Christian poetry, English - 1836 - 436 pages
...Contentment be a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it, but in heaven again. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...Tell me, if she were not design'd Th' eclipse and glory of her kind ? THE CHARACTER OP A HAPPY LtFE. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ! Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! WThose passions not his masters... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 442 pages
...Contentment be a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it, but in heaven again. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters... | |
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