 | 1838 - 884 pages
...state, Is pleased with it, and were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...bespeak him one Content, indeed, to sojourn while hi* must Below the skies, but finding there his home." There is a heavenly serenity shed over all the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...Below the skies, hut having there his home. The world overlooks him in her husy search Of ohjects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more suhlimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; hespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Itelow the skies, hut having there his home.... | |
 | 1818 - 586 pages
...set forth, A monument, as matchless as his worth. April 7. 163i. lz. WA. GEORGE HERBERT. rot. iv. I i The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects...view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not : He seeks not... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1819 - 410 pages
...state, Is pleas'd with it, and, were he free to ehoose Would make his fate his ehoiee : whom peaee, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...having there his home, The world o'erlooks him in her l,my seareh Of objeets more illustrious in her vlew ; And oeeupied as earnestly as she ; Though more... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...state, Is pleas'd with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit .' Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooka him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the frnit Of virtue, and whom virtue, frnit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one...illustrious in her view; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Thongh more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them uot He seeks not her's,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 246 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, [fruit Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...; And, occupied as earnestly as she, , Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures for she knows them not : He seeks not hers,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...state, Is pleas'd with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...Below the skies, but having there his home. The World o'orlooks him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly... | |
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He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom... 
