 Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means, and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...  Roosevelt, the Happy Warrior - Page 231by Bradley Gilman - 1921 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : —...command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, ami owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who,...command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : —...command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : —...command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust,... | |
 | 1822 - 486 pages
...what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : —Who,...command, Rises by open means : and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : —...command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...quality or act is befit Doth seldom on a right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, and owe* To virtue every triumph that he knows: —Who, if...command. Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself posses* his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust,... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, hall endure; — The joy of them who till the fields of Swale, And them who dwell among the woo Hises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1832 - 352 pages
...wish to be ? —'Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth or honours, or for worldly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 464 pages
...against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He labours good on good to fix, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if ho rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else... | |
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