 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...  The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ... - Pagina 328door Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pagina’s
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit 910 Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search 915 Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pagina’s
...choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness; bespeak him one Content indeed...Below the skies, but having there his home. The world overlooks him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly... | |
 | John George Hodgins - 1857 - 230 pagina’s
...virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while lit must Below the skies, but having there his home. The...Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorus his pleasures, for she knows them • not; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain. He... | |
 | 1871 - 776 pagina’s
...always abound. These lines in Cowper's Task seem very appropriate to the character of Ferrar : — ' Occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely,...world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not : Ht seeks not hers, for he has found them vain. Not slothful he, though seeming unemployed, And censured... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pagina’s
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks uot hers, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer b.rds Pursuing... | |
 | Timothy East - 1858 - 628 pagina’s
...state, IB pleased with it; and, were ho free to choose. Would make his fate his choice. * * * * • Content, indeed, to sojourn while he must Below the...She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | 1858 - 628 pagina’s
...to chooso, Would make bio fate his choice. » * » * • Content, indeed, to sojourn while he moat Below the skies, but having there his home. The world...world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vainHe cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | Timothy East - 1858 - 638 pagina’s
...choose, Would make hut fate his choice. * » » » • Content, indeed, to sojourn while he must Bolow the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks...him in her busy search Of objects more illustrious iti her view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She... | |
 | John Baillie - 1858 - 382 pagina’s
...HEWITBON/' ETC. -'He IB the happy man whose life e'en DOT Shows somewhat of that happier life to come; Content, indeed, to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home."~CowFH*. NEW YORK: EGBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, No. 530 BROADWAY. 1858. ; h '. J1 TH PUBLIC LIBPAR... | |
 | William Cowper - 1859 - 324 pagina’s
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
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