Pen and pencil pictures from the poets . Character of a Happy Life. |5ll\_ Y^, WOTTON. I)W happy is he born and taughtThat serveth not anothers will;Whose armour is his honest thought,And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters are,Whose soul is still prepared for tied unto the world with careOf public fame, or private breath ; Who envies none that chance doth raiseOr vice ; who never understoodHow deepest wounds are given by praise;Nor rules of state, but rules of good : Vvho hath his life from rumours freed,Whose conscience is his strong retreat;Whose state ca
Pen and pencil pictures from the poets . Character of a Happy Life. |5ll\_ Y^, WOTTON. I)W happy is he born and taughtThat serveth not anothers will;Whose armour is his honest thought,And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters are,Whose soul is still prepared for tied unto the world with careOf public fame, or private breath ; Who envies none that chance doth raiseOr vice ; who never understoodHow deepest wounds are given by praise;Nor rules of state, but rules of good : Vvho hath his life from rumours freed,Whose conscience is his strong retreat;Whose state can neither flatterers feed,Nor ruin make accusers great; Who God doth late and early prayMore of His grace than gifts to lend;And entertains the harmless dayWith a well-chosen book or friend. This man is freed from servile bandsOf hope to rise, or fear to fall;Lord of himself, though not of lands ;And having nothing, yet hath all. let. PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES FROM THE POETS. I 13 A Churchyard Scene. /? V ILSON.
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