 Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire: Who comprehends his trust, and to the same, Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...  Tufts College Graduate - Page 971901Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Christian biography - 1858 - 88 pages
...means, and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself enjoys his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; — This is the happy warrior ; this is he That every man in arms would wish to be." The whole of... | |
 | 1859 - 914 pages
...and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire ; And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful,...wait For wealth or honours, or for worldly state." Of no man could this be written more truthfully than of Henry Lawrence, who never sought honours or... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Character - 1859 - 368 pages
...highest reward of all be withheld from him. Wordsworth well describes the " Happy Warrior," as he " Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honour, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow, on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
 | Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence - Great Britain - 1859 - 528 pages
...; and there will stand On honourable terms or else retire ; And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore docs not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth and honours, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow,... | |
 | Simeon Nash - Ethics - 1859 - 474 pages
...in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with singleness of aim ; And, therefore, does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or worldly state ; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall Like showers of manna, if... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1860 - 486 pages
...honours, it was with him as always with the " Happy Warrior," who must " In himself possess his own desire Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; 22 Whom they must follow, on whose head must full, Like showers of manna, if they come at all." A... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...means, and there will stand On honorable terms, or else retire — ttt * t Who comprehends her r?ust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim; And therefore does not stoop, nor lio in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must... | |
 | Charles John Abbey - 1861 - 64 pages
...i Sen., Ep. Ixxiii. ' On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state r." The remarkable combination of practice and speculation made up the Stoic philosophy has now been... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, A nd in himself possess hia own desire : Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of marma, if they come at all : Whose... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 144 pages
...; and there will stand On honorable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow, on whose head must fall Like showers of manna,... | |
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