 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 ... - Page 328by Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruitof faith, Prepare for happiness; bespeak him one Content, indeed, to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but finding there his home." There is a heavenly serenity shed over all the picture ; of the We led there... | |
 | Scotland - 1838 - 938 pages
...Would make Ins fate hi* choice ; »bom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and «horn virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content, indeed, to sojourn while he must Below thu skies, but Unding there his home. There is a heavenly serenity shed over all the picture ; of the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...[fruit Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must j Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objeets... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1839 - 388 pages
...be too frequently brought before our eyes. The world is apt to overlook excellence so unpretending in her —^^—^ busy search Of objects more illustrious in her view. And he will not have toiled in vain who shall succeed in impressing on the youthful reader how infinitely... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...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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..."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 o'erlookshim in her busy search Of objects more illustrious in her view ; . And occupied, as earnestly... | |
 | Egypt - 1841 - 214 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of vinue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, ч Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one, Content indeed...sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having THEKE his home." COWPER. At this period, the celebrated JEsop was also at the court of Crœsus, where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, 911 Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Italow tho skies, but having there his homo. The world o'crlonks him in her busy search 915 Of objects... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, 911 Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...while he must Below the skies, but having there his homo. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search 915 Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1844 - 372 pages
...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...must Below the skies, but having THERE his home." — COWPER. At this period, the celebrated .flSsop was also at the court of Croesus, where he was much... | |
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