 | James Freeman Clarke - Unitarian Universalist churches - 1844 - 576 pages
...wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good ; — 4 Who hath his life from rumors freed ; Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose...neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; — 5 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend, And entertains the harmless... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...raise, Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Xor rules of state, but obert Chambers «täte can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; Who God doth late and early pray,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...given with praise ;3 Nor4 rules of state, but rules of good : Who hath his life from rumours freed ;5 Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state...With a religious book or friend : — This man is freed6 from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands,... | |
 | sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1845 - 222 pages
...; Whose Conscicnce is his strong retreat ; [i5] Whose State can neither Flatterers feed, Nor Ruine make Oppressors great ; Who God doth late and early...than Gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day [20] With a Religious Book, or Fricnd ! This man is freed from servile [b]ands Of hope to rise, or... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...is 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...retreat: Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruine make oppressors great : Who envies none whom chance doth raise, Or vice : who never understood... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - Hymns, English - 1845 - 498 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...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 for less and more... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1815 - 236 pages
...envies none that chance doth raise, How deepest Wounds are given by praise ; — Nor Rules of State, but Rules of good ; Who hath his Life from Rumours freed ; Whose Conscience is his strong retreat ; [is] Whose State can neither Flatterers feed, Nor Ruine make Oppressors great ; Who God doth late... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 236 pages
...Vice [; who 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 is his strong retreat ; [Is] Whose State can neither Flatterers feed, Nor Ruine make Oppressors great ; Who God doth late... | |
 | 1846 - 436 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...gifts to lend ; And entertains 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 ;... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...never understood How deepest wounds are given with praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules of good : Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace...gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a well chosen book or fr'end. This man is freed from servile hands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall;... | |
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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. 
