 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 ... - Página 328por Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1827 - 290 páginas
...123. He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to eome : * * * * * The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects,...world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not her.s, for he has prov'd them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 páginas
...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 prov'd them vain. He cannot skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 páginas
...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,...She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not: He seeks not her's, for he has prov'd them vain. So glide my life away. YOUNG. SLEEP. Perhaps this... | |
 | 1828 - 398 páginas
...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...occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, be o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not hers, for he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 páginas
...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...occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooJcs the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He seeks not hers, for he has... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1830 - 416 páginas
...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,...busy search Of objects more illustrious in her view j And occupied aa earnestly as she ; Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She -Tii, ii -... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 páginas
...the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him oneContent fragrance of her dewy vales And music of her woods...these all bespeak a power Peculiar, and exclusively ; He seeks not hers", for he has proved them vain. He can not skim the ground like summer birds Pursuing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 páginas
...him one j Below the skies, bitt having there las home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search 915 Of objects more illustrious in her view; And occupied...She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He seeks not hers, for he has prov'd them vain. 920 He cannot skim the ground like summer birds. Pursuing... | |
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