 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...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 are,... | |
 | 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 are--'... | |
 | 1819 - 394 pages
...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 are,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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 are,... | |
 | 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' are,... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 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 are,... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pages
...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 are,... | |
 | 1826 - 362 pages
...Hope does with pleasing prospects fill. 372. LM A happy Life. 1 How happy is he born and taught, Who serveth not another's will ; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth, his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied to this vain... | |
 | 1827 - 346 pages
...prospects fill. 372. LM A happy Life. 1 How happy is he born and taught, Who serveth not another's wijl ; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth, his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied to this vain... | |
 | James F. Otis - 1833 - 36 pages
...describes the Independent Man, in stanzas that will never die : " How happy is he born or taught, Who serveth not another's will : Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his highest skill ; — Whose passions not his mastirs are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not... | |
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LIFE How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill! 
