 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner ADAMS - 1854 - 725 pages
...still prepared for death; Not ty'd unto the world with care Of princes' ear, or vulgar breath; Who hath his life from rumours freed; Whose conscience...Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great; Who envies none whom chance doth raise, Or vice: who never understood How deepest... | |
 | 1854
...never understood. How deepest wounds are given by praise. Nor rutes of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumours freed ; Whose conscience...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... | |
 | 1854
...understood How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules of good : VOL. in. L Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience...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... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1854
...still prepar'd for death; Not ty'd unto the world with care Of princes ear, or vulgar breath : Who hath his life from rumours freed; Whose conscience...retreat: Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruine make oppressors great: Who envies none, whom chance doth raise, Or vice: Who never understood... | |
 | Hymns - 1854 - 537 pages
...Untied to this vain world by care Of public fame or private breath ; 3 Who hath his life from rumors freed ; Whose conscience is 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, To crave... | |
 | Poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good ; Who hath his life from rumors freed ; Whose 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... | |
 | Authors, English - 1855 - 749 pages
...never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience...Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great. Who God doth late and early pray More of hU grace than gifts to lend, And entertains... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 430 pages
...deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good ; Who hath his life from rumors freed ; Whose 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... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1856
...is still prepar'd for death : Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath. Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience...Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great. This man is " " Stop, stop, stop !" cried Mrs. Brent. " Though the lines arc admirable,... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 735 pages
...ever understood , How deepest wounds are giv'n by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience...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... | |
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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. 
